Black Hole Fireworks: Tidal Disruption Events Light Up Supermassive Black Holes
Astrobites reports on the radio signals from stars being ripped apart by supermassive black holes.
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The Quest to Watch a Supernova in Real Time
Recent upgrades to a powerful neutrino detector may help us spot future nearby supernovae before they burst onto the scene in visible light.
Monthly Roundup: Rings, Chains, and Bubbles
From planetary systems to colliding galaxies, the universe is full of intricate structures. This month’s roundup examines where three vastly different types of structures come from.
A Baby Planet Reveals Its Hiding Place
Researchers find even more evidence for planets forming in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest protoplanetary disk to Earth.
Teamwork Makes the Intensity-Mapping Dream Work
Astrobites reports on research that brings together data from multiple wavelengths to make a detection of distant 21-cm radiation.
Featured Image: A 5D Map of the Milky Way
Data made mesmerizing: check out this swirling visualization of 170 million stars in the Milky Way.
Plotting the Course, a Billion Miles Away
NASA is going to send a robot to Uranus someday. When it gets there, how close should it fly to the surface?
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, 15 Years Later
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope recently revisited the famous Ultra-Deep Field. How has this patch of sky changed since it was first photographed?
200 Millionth Anniversary Gift: A Necklace Made of Stars
Astrobites reports on the aftermath of a massive active galactic nucleus outburst that left behind a string of star formation.
A Hard Look at a Soft-State X-ray Binary
Cygnus X-1 recently made the long-awaited switch between hard and soft spectral states. What can IXPE observations tell us about this transition?
Seeking Solo Super-Fast Pulsars
New surveys with the world’s largest filled-aperture radio dish are turning up more and more millisecond pulsars. What do these surveys tell us about the best places to look for these extreme objects?
Monthly Roundup: Perspectives on the Hubble Tension
The Hubble tension is one of the most pressing problems in cosmology. Today, we’re looking at five articles that address the Hubble tension — either suggesting ways to alleviate it or staunchly reinforcing its existence.