Featured Image: Two Young Star Clusters in the Milky Way
Researchers track down a pair of metal-poor star clusters on the outskirts of the Milky Way to understand how metallicity affects the masses of young stars.
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First Look at Extragalactic Cepheid Variable Stars with JWST
Certain variable stars provide a way for us to measure the distances to nearby galaxies, and JWST will allow us to monitor these stars with greater precision.
Are Dusty Galaxies Getting in the Way of High-Redshift Studies?
JWST has observed many galaxies that researchers believe are from the first 500 million years after the Big Bang, but dusty interlopers might be skewing our perception of this important period in our universe’s history.
Plunging Through the Plumes of Enceladus
Though it exists only on paper for now, a proposed mission to send a spacecraft straight through the plumes of Enceladus offers planetary scientists and adrenaline junkies alike plenty to get excited about.
Detecting Exoplanets’ Elusive Magnetic Fields with Radio Transits
Astrobites reports on a promising method for detecting and constraining exoplanetary magnetic fields: measuring their effects on a host star’s radio emission during transits.
Creating a Perfect Solar Storm
When two coronal mass ejections collide in interplanetary space, they can create an even more powerful storm. Recent research explores exactly which characteristics can turn solar storms from moderate to severe.
Featured Image: Outflows from the Silver Coin Galaxy
About 11 million light-years away, the starburst galaxy NGC 253 spews gas into circumgalactic space. What can X-ray observations tell us about this star-forming system?
Searching for the Seeds of Supermassive Black Holes
How did supermassive black holes come to be? Researchers have devised a plan to track down the “seeds” that sprouted into the behemoths we see today.
A Survey of Shredded Stars
A new look at 30 instances of stars being torn apart by black holes gives insight into the physical properties of these events.
The Curious Case of the Dwarf Galaxy Pegasus W
Astrobites reports on a newly discovered local galaxy, which has re-ignited the debate about the role that reionization plays in quenching ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.
The Corgi of Exoplanets: Methane Mystery on HAT-P-18b
JWST helps astronomers track down the tiny tail and missing methane of exoplanet HAT-P-18b.
Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A Free-Floating Planet!
Astrobites reports on a free-floating planet that may have paid a visit to a binary star system hosting an exoplanet and a debris disk.