DPS–EPSC 2023: Day 1
We’re tuning in to this year’s joint meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences and the Europlanet Science Congress. Check out our summary of plenary sessions and press conferences on Day 1!
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Could We Detect the Merger of Stellar-Mass and Supermassive Black Holes?
The gravitational waves emitted by stellar-mass black holes merging with one member of a supermassive black hole binary might be a prominent target for upcoming observatories like LISA.
How Did Arrokoth Get Its Mounds?
The New Horizons spacecraft flew by the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth more than four years ago. Today, this fascinating, lumpy, bi-lobed object still holds plenty of mysteries.
Getting to Know the Supernova Next Door: SN 2023ixf
SN 2023ixf, which was discovered in May 2023 in the Pinwheel Galaxy, is the nearest extragalactic supernova observed in almost a decade. What did early data tell us about the event?
Spotting Close-In Giant Planets with Spectroscopy
Astrobites reports on a way to find giant planets so close to their host stars that they’re usually obscured by the star’s glare.
Featured Image: A Rare X-ray Binary in a Starburst Galaxy
Researchers have identified the optical counterpart to an X-ray binary system, giving us clues about the nature of this extreme star system.
A Forge Without Iron
If you wanted to know what’s in the air of a lava planet, it wouldn’t be a good idea to go visit in person. Luckily, astronomers don’t have to.
A Fast Radio Burst Reveals Foreground Galaxy Clusters
Researchers take a wide view of an unusual repeating fast radio burst to decode the burst’s dispersed signal.
Signs of (Pre-)Life: Can JWST Detect Conditions for the Formation of Earth-Like Life on Distant Planets?
Astrobites reports on the prospect of using JWST to detect prebiosignatures: the molecules that indicate not life itself, but the possibility that life might someday form.
Investigating a Star-Formation Shutdown in the Early Universe
Why did a small galaxy stop forming stars less than 700 million years after the Big Bang? Cosmological simulations give some clues about why star formation stalled.
A New Class of Fast Transients Has Emerged in an Unlikely Place
Quiescent elliptical galaxies might harbor a new class of rare transients called luminous fast coolers, the physical origins of which remain unknown.
First Detection of a Glycine Isomer in the Interstellar Medium
Researchers have detected glycolamide, a chemical cousin to the simplest amino acid necessary for life on Earth, in the interstellar medium for the first time.