Reinflating Giant Planets
A new study explores what happens to close-in hot Jupiters when their host stars reach the end of their main-sequence lifetimes.
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A Too-Hot Pulsar Speeding Through the Galaxy
Astrobites reports on a pulsar that’s preceded by a bow shock as it tears through the Milky Way.
The Impact of Stars on Moons
Where are all the exomoons? A new study suggests stellar radiation might cause them to escape their planets’ pulls.
Neptune as a Mirror for the Sun
How would the Kepler mission see a star like the Sun? Reflections of the Sun off of Neptune have now answered this question.
A Counterpart for Fast Radio Bursts
Astrobites reports on the first detection of a possible gamma-ray counterpart to a mysterious fast radio burst.
AAS 229: Day 4
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 4!
AAS 229: Day 3
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 3!
AAS 229: Day 2
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 2!
AAS 229: Day 1
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 1!
AAS 229: Welcome!
This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 229th AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX.
Selections from 2016: Hidden Galaxies Found Behind the Milky Way
Hundreds of new galaxies were discovered this year hiding behind the Milky Way in the “Zone of Avoidance”.
Selections from 2016: A Connection Between Solar Explosions and Dimming on the Sun
A study of a solar explosion has revealed a link between the ejection of plasma from the Sun’s surface and dimming of its corona.