Featured Image: Watching Waves in Sunspot Centers
Researchers analyze solar images to understand how umbral oscillations travel upward and outward from sunspot centers.
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Why Are Jets from Disrupted Stars So Rare?
A new theory explains why tidal disruption events are only rarely accompanied by powerful jets.
Tracking Down an Escaped White Dwarf
Researchers search for massive white dwarfs that once resided in the nearest open star cluster to Earth.
Making Sense of a Massive Black Hole in the Early Universe
A red point-source in the early universe is revealed to be a massive active galactic nucleus that contributes a third of its galaxy’s total mass. How did it grow so large so quickly?
How to Model the Strongest Material in the Universe
Modelers attempt to overcome the challenges posed by simulating the ultra-dense, ultra-strong crusts of neutron stars.
What Shapes the Edge of a Planetary System?
Astrobites reports on whether Jupiter-like exoplanets are responsible for defining the edges of multiple-planet systems.
Featured Image: The Cosmic Hand in Polarized Light
A distinctive pulsar wind nebula shaped like an outstretched hand is seen in polarized X-rays for the first time.
Enceladus, Previous Speedster
In order to get its present-day orbit, Enceladus must have felt the need for speed in its recent past.
Living in a Galaxy Cluster Slows Down Star Formation
Joining a galaxy cluster can fundamentally change a galaxy’s properties. New research looks at how galaxy clusters affect star formation beyond the local universe.
Today in (Astro) Shop Class: How to Build a Molecular Cloud
Astrobites reports on how modeling molecular clouds can help us understand how these cosmic nurseries form stars.
Setting Sunspots on a Collision Course
Colliding sunspots can produce solar flares, but not all collisions are accompanied by these outbursts. New simulations explore what it takes to make a solar flare.
FOUND: Missing Matter
Galaxies seem to have less matter than we think they should, but new research suggests it’s not missing — just hiding in the form of hot circumgalactic gas.