A Distant Quasar as a Cosmic Clock
Hungry supermassive black holes in the distant cosmos can help us understand what happened shortly after our universe lit up with its first stars and galaxies.
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Don’t Change the Station! Substellar Objects Are Up Next
Astrobites reports on the first direct radio discovery of a brown dwarf, an object in the gray area between star and planet.
Checking the Speed of Spirals
Gravity or a planetary companion? Recent work uses speed measurements to determine what’s driving the spiral arms in one protoplanetary disk.
Spotting a Distant Afterglow
You’ve got to be quick to spot the afterglow from a short gamma-ray burst! A recent success story reveals one of the most distant bursts we’ve discovered.
A Look at the Atmosphere of a Nearby Hot Neptune
A planet that should be completely irradiated has somehow held on to its atmosphere. New work examines what this planet reveals about rare hot Neptunes.
The Aftermath of a Neutron Star Collision
New simulations examine the complicated picture of what happens after two neutron stars collide.