Imaged Companion Drives Spiral Arms in Disk
Astrobites reports on the spiral arms seen in the protoplanetary disk around HD 100453 A, which appear to be caused by the star’s M-dwarf companion.
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Featured Image: A New Dark Vortex on Neptune
These Hubble images track a rare dark vortex in Neptune’s atmosphere as it evolves over the span of two years.
Looking Back at 500 AAS Nova Highlights
AAS Nova is celebrating the publication of its 500th Highlight since its launch in August of 2015.
Jets from Young Stars in Cygnus-X
Young stars often reveal their presence with energetic outflows and jets. A new study has now discovered hundreds of these signatures in the Cygnus-X star-forming region.
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Astrobites explores the process through which a number of “strangers” — unassociated black holes — might interact and eventually merge.
PALFA Discovers Neutron Stars on a Collision Course
A pair of neutron stars has been found orbiting each other once every 1.88 hours! What can this extremely relativistic binary teach us?
Our Galactic Neighbor Hosts Complex Organic Molecules
The low-metallicity environment of the Large Magellanic Cloud doesn’t deter the formation of complex organic molecules.
Driving Jets from the Sun
What launches powerful eruptions from the Sun’s surface? New simulations explore how reconfiguring magnetic fields can lead to explosions of energy.
Can We Detect Exo-Seasons?
Astrobites explores whether we’ll be able to observe seasons on warm-Jupiter exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Featured Image: A Dwarf Galaxy with an Active Nucleus
Hubble reveals a detailed look at the dwarf galaxy hosting the smallest active supermassive black hole known.
An Eccentric Planet Skims a Giant Star
Scientists have discovered the most eccentric planet known to orbit a giant star.
Galactic Pairs in the Early Universe
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, today we’ll be exploring apparent pairs of galaxies in the distant, early universe.