Featured Image: Experimental Simulation of Melting Meteoroids
Ever wonder what experimental astronomy looks like? Some days, it looks like this piece of agrillite in a wind tunnel.
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More Unusual Light Curves from Kepler
Twenty-three new objects have been added to the growing collection of stars that have unusual dips in their light curves.
A Connection Between Corona and Jet
A new study provides us with clues to the relationship between accretion and outflows near the supermassive black holes at the centers of active galaxies.
A Volcanic Hydrogen Habitable Zone
Astrobites reports on whether volcanos can expand the region around a star within which life can survive.
How Stable is a Light Sail Riding on a Laser Beam?
The Breakthrough Starshot Initiative will send tiny spacecraft to our nearest stellar neighbors. A new study examines how we can successfully propel these spacecraft on their way.
Building Magnetic Fields in White Dwarfs
Some white dwarfs have magnetic fields with strengths of thousands to billions of times that of Earth. A new study examines how these fields might form.
The Discovery of Five Early Gamma-Ray Blazars
Software improvements have allowed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to discover five gamma-ray blazars at high redshifts, opening a window to the early universe.
Peeking Through the Haze: A Look at Titan’s Bright Surface Features
Astrobites reports on what we’re learning from the stunning maps of Titan made by the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer on board Cassini.
Featured Image: Simulating Planetary Gaps
Can we use observations of gaps in protoplanetary disks to estimate the mass of planets orbiting within them?
Where Do Messy Planetary Nebulae Come From?
Many planetary nebulae are too “messy” in morphology to be explained by the standard model of how they form.
The Birth of Disks Around Protostars
How do the dusty disks around young stars first form and evolve around their newly born stars?
Preparing for the Temperature Drop at Night
How big is the dayside vs. nightside temperature difference for a tidally locked hot Jupiter? Astrobites reports on new models of these extreme exoplanet atmospheres.