The Winner of the Cosmic Speed-Eating Contest
Astrobites reports on RACS J0320−35, a quasar that appears to be breaking a cosmic limit by consuming matter faster than theory should allow.
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A Dark Matter Origin for Little Red Dots
Researchers examine whether the black holes at the centers of little red dots could have been born in the collapse of dark matter halos.
Fueling Up: How Does the Milky Way Get Its Star-Forming Gas?
Researchers use an unlikely tool — distant beacons called quasars — to study the constant inflow and outflow of gas to and from our galaxy.
Monthly Roundup: Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
The discovery of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was one of the top astronomy stories of 2025. Though the comet is now heading back to interstellar space, research into its properties and origins continues.
The Black Hole Meetup: EMRIs and IMRIs in the Same Active Galactic Nucleus Disk
Astrobites reports on how active galactic nucleus disks might connect black holes across the mass spectrum, setting the stage for extreme-mass-ratio and intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals in the same system.
Featured Image: Hubble Samples a Dusty Cosmic Sandwich
Hubble has revealed new features in Dracula’s Chivito, the largest known protoplanetary disk.
Getting a Peek of Kitt Peak National Observatory
A mountain top in the Arizona desert scattered with telescopes, the Kitt Peak National Observatory is home to cutting-edge research and cultural connections.
JWST Follows Up on a Rare Gamma-Ray Burst
Lasting multiple hours and featuring several bursts, GRB 250702B is a rare, powerful, and unusual gamma-ray burst. What do JWST observations tell us about the host galaxy and origins of this event?
Are Water Worlds Just Made of Soot?
Astrobites reports on whether the low-density planets that keep popping up in our growing collection of exoplanets are really the water worlds that we imagine them to be.
Supernovae, Shocks, and Spindown: A Possible Origin Story for Ultra-Long-Period Pulsars
New research suggests that ultra-long-period pulsars might begin their lives as massive stars in close binary systems.
When Winds Collide: Predicting the Effects of Stream Interaction Regions
Though less destructive than coronal mass ejections, moderate space weather events like stream interaction regions can still cause geomagnetic storms. Researchers have used machine learning to investigate the drivers behind these events.
A Black Hole Egg That Forgot to Hatch
Astrobites reports on how astronomers got a closer view of the distant and mysterious little red dots.