A Magnetar Bursting with Mysteries
What caused the change in behavior of a certain magnetar? Crustal chaos, or magnetic field shifts?
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Seeking Protostellar Companions in Orion
A team of astronomers has used sensitive radio arrays to probe the depths of dusty clouds and investigate the earliest stages of star formation.
The CHIME is Now for Fast Radio Bursts
Astrobites reports on the new CHIME/FRB catalog, which includes 536 fast radio bursts and a number of exciting new sources.
Clues from Quasars in the Early Universe
The most luminous objects in the universe can help us understand how supermassive black holes gained mass in the earliest galaxies.
Galactic Chemistry with Solar Twins
Astronomers study remarkably Sun-like stars to understand how the Milky Way gets its heavy metals.
Can Gravitational Waves Tell Us How Binary Black Holes Form?
Elusive black hole binaries can arise from isolated pairs of stars or in the heart of dense star clusters — and gravitational waves can reveal their secrets.
Atmospheres of Small Planets Through a Big Telescope
Astrobites reports on what JWST might bring for detections of biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
Featured Image: Magnetic Fields and Solar Outflows
New models of the Sun’s magnetic field seek to solve a long-standing conflict between simulations and spacecraft observations.
Winding Up to a Quadrillion Electronvolts of Energy
What cosmic engine is accelerating particles to up to quadrillions of electronvolts?
Testing General Relativity with Pulsars
Astronomers put Einstein’s famous theory of gravity to the test using a type of extreme stellar remnant not yet discovered when the theory was published in 1915.
Tertiary Troublemakers: How K2-290’s Planetary Orbits May Have Gotten So Weird
Astrobites reports on the retrograde orbits of K2-290A’s two close-in planets. Could dynamical interactions in this triple star system have caused this misalignment?
Teaching Computers to Find Solar Flares Before They Happen
Can machine learning help researchers find the tell-tale signs of solar flares hidden in mountains of data?