Counting Rogue Asteroids and Comets
How many comets, asteroids, and planetary bodies are floating through interstellar space, not gravitationally bound to any solar system?
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Same Ol’ Same Ol’? Galaxy Clusters Across Cosmic Time
Astrobites reports on X-ray studies of galaxy clusters, which tell us how the extremely hot gas is distributed within these gigantic structures.
Observations from Sunrise
In 2013, a team of scientists gathered in Sweden to launch a balloon carrying the largest solar telescope to leave Earth. Now they’re sharing what they learned from the flight!
Challenging the Model for Galactic Bulges
What determines how much mass will end up in the bulge and the black hole at the center of a Milky-Way-like galaxy?
AAS Publishing News: Now You Can Raise Zombie Astrophotos
Looking for something fun and rewarding to do in your spare time? A new citizen-science project has been added to the Zooniverse platform: Astronomy Rewind.
Super Star Clusters Far Far Away
Astrobites reports on super star clusters discovered using gravitational lensing.
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.
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.