Watch Out for Falling Plasma
Sometimes plasma emitted from the Sun comes crashing back down to the solar surface. A new study examines how the plasma falls in its return.
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Determining Our Motion Through the Galaxy
Though we don’t notice it from our point of view, we’re hurtling through space at breakneck speed. A new study measures how fast we’re orbiting the galactic center.
Catching Galactic Recycling In The Act
Astrobites reports on ALMA observations used to explore the effects of massive stars on gas and dust in galaxies.
Making Supermassive Black Holes Spin
Where does the angular momentum come from that causes supermassive black holes to spin on their axes and launch powerful jets?
Could Flaring Stars Change Our Views of Their Planets?
Our measurements of exoplanet atmospheres may be influenced by the activity of the planets’ host stars.
Lopsided Collections of Satellite Galaxies
Are small satellite galaxies usually distributed evenly around their larger galactic hosts? Evidence suggests otherwise.
X-Ray Beasts and Magnetic Fields
Astrobites explores the role of magnetic fields in X-ray emission from the centers of active galaxies.
Featured Image: A Pulsar Is Obscured by a Solar Explosion
What can we learn about a coronal mass ejection as it passes between us and a distant pulsar?
Einstein@Home Finds a Double Neutron Star
Have you been contributing your computer idle time to the Einstein@Home project? If so, you’re partly responsible for the program’s recent discovery of a new double-neutron-star system!
Does the Galactic Bulge Have Fewer Planets?
The Milky Way’s dense central bulge is a very different environment than the galactic disk. Do the differences affect the ability of planets to form there?
It Turns Out the Sun Is More Chill Than We Previously Thought
Astrobites reports on a closer look at the Sun’s past activity levels.
Matching Supernovae to Galaxies
A major challenge for modern supernova surveys is identifying the galaxy that hosted each explosion. Is there an accurate and efficient way to do this that avoids investing significant human resources?