Building a Pair of Blue Stragglers
A new study looks at one way unusually bright and blue stars might form in clusters … with a little help from a friend.
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Do Active Galactic Nuclei Help or Hurt Life?
A new study suggests radiation from the centers of active galaxies could play an important role in the formation and survival of life on some planets.
Feeling Gassy?
Why don’t sub-Saturns accrete enough gas to become full-blown Saturns or Jupiters? Astrobites reports.
Plasma Processes in Mars’s Shadow
NASA’s MAVEN mission has given us an in-depth look at the atmosphere of our neighboring planet. What’s happening to the atmospheric plasma during Martian nighttime?
Seeking the Circumgalactic Medium with Dragonfly
Astrobites reports on whether an instrument designed to image low surface brightness objects can help shed light on ghostly structures of the circumgalactic and intergalactic media.
It’s Getting Hot, Hot, Hot With Coronal Loops
Are sunspots the key to answering the decades-old solar coronal heating problem? Astrobites reports.