Featured Image: Clumps in a Dusty Ring
A recent study shows how a ring of dust and gas surrounding a newly born star might behave as it evolves.
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A Stellar Pinwheel at a New Wavelength
A recent study explores a spiral pattern spotted around an unexpected source.
Opportunities from a Newly Discovered Planetary System
Recently found: two nearby, intriguingly puffy planets that will make ideal targets for future observations.
Investigating Black Hole Formation
Astrobites reports on recent black hole mass measurements and what they say about how black holes may have formed in the early universe.
Will Radio Bursts Reveal Hidden Baryons?
A recent study has used bursts of radio emission to probe whether the outskirts of our galaxy are hiding vast quantities of “missing” baryonic matter.
Getting Deeper into the Main Sequence with Gaia
Combining Gaia data with the HR diagram — a plot of star colors and brightnesses — can tell us new things about the lives of stars.