New Horizons’ next target beyond Pluto was discovered mid-flight in a search that forged a path for present-day planetary science. A recent publication reviews this hunt and tells the story of this remarkable discovery.
Some supernovae have bumps in their light curves. New research shows that unusual binary systems containing a magnetar and an unlucky companion star can explain some of these bumps.
Astrobites reports on the climates of planets orbiting stars that are smaller, cooler, and more common than Sun-like stars.
Researchers have detected about a thousand powerful yet fleeting radio signals called fast radio bursts. What do the home galaxies of these bursts tell us about where they come from?
Stars hundreds of times the mass of the Sun likely formed during the universe’s debut into star formation. Could the star J1010+2358 be a direct descendant of one of these elusive first-generation massive stars?
Please join us in saying farewell to our 2022–2024 AAS Media Fellow and welcoming our new Fellow to the team!
Astrobites reports on a hunt for intermediate-mass black holes and what this search tells us about how black holes formed in the early universe.
An asteroid named Apophis is almost definitely going to miss Earth during a close flyby in 2029. But could it be diverted onto a more dangerous path through a collision with a smaller asteroid before then?
Hot Jupiter TOI-1480 b just got a new companion. What does this mean for how hot Jupiters form?
Astrobites reports on the radio signals from stars being ripped apart by supermassive black holes.
Recent upgrades to a powerful neutrino detector may help us spot future nearby supernovae before they burst onto the scene in visible light.
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.