JWST Photographs Possible Giant Planets Around White Dwarfs
Researchers may have spotted two giant exoplanets around white dwarfs, providing evidence that the giant planets in our solar system will survive the Sun’s red giant phase.
Researchers may have spotted two giant exoplanets around white dwarfs, providing evidence that the giant planets in our solar system will survive the Sun’s red giant phase.
Stars passing within a few light-years of our solar system add an element of chaos to planetary orbits, limiting how far back we can study Earth’s past orbit.
Astrobites reports on using deconvolution methods to see hidden features in a JWST image of an active galactic nucleus.
New research investigates how ice might alter lunar soil and create fine particles in permanently shadowed lunar craters.
Researchers explore whether the choice of initial magnetic field impacts the outcome for models of the solar corona.
Researchers quantified the impact of artificial lighting on sites across Chile for the first time, showing that we must actively preserve dark skies in remote areas and urban corridors alike.
Astrobites reports on the exciting goings-on around the sloshing center of the galaxy cluster Abell 2495.
How far do we need to be from a kilonova to be safe from the explosion’s X-rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays?
One of the most popular planets is also maddeningly ambiguous: is LHS 1140 b rocky, watery, or gaseous?
You can take a star apart layer by layer — all you’ll need is a black hole and a set of precisely tuned orbital parameters.
Astrobites reports on the recent exciting discovery that the Small Magellanic Cloud is actually composed of two distinct star-forming systems.
Today’s post introduces four research articles that examine various aspects of supernova science, from attempts to determine how lightweight a supernova progenitor star can be to exploring why some massive stars don’t produce supernovae at all.