Featured Image: Chasing Weywot’s Shadow
Researchers observed Weywot, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Quaoar, as it briefly blotted out the light from a star.
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Hints for Massive Galaxy Evolution from Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies
A recent study looks at the star and dust morphologies across samples of massive galaxies to understand how dusty star-forming galaxies fit into the picture of massive galaxy evolution.
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through the Eyes of Rubin Observatory
During its commissioning phase, the highly anticipated Vera C. Rubin Observatory serendipitously spotted the third known interstellar object.
Hunting for Exomoons Around a Lonely Planet
Astrobites reports on how JWST may be the key to finding moons around planets beyond our solar system.
Into the Void: Investigating the Heart of a Giant Elliptical Galaxy
New observations from JWST and the Very Large Telescope illuminate the dark feature at the center of a galaxy cluster’s brightest occupant.
A New View of the Spectroscopic Universe
More than a quarter century ago, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey fundamentally changed the way modern astronomy research is done. The collaboration recently released their summary of the fifth generation of their landmark survey.
Simulations of Turbulent Mixing Close One Gap but Open Another
Recent work explores whether a commonly assumed source of data–model disagreement in simulations of stellar interiors is really to blame.
Feed the Fire, Fade the Metals
Astrobites reports on whether cosmic clumps are “homegrown” or fueled by fresh inflows.
Featured Image: Galaxies Caught in Transition
Are galaxies that travel through space in groups any different from those that fly solo? A new look at local galaxies provides clues.
In or Out? Using Balmer Emission to Distinguish Inflows from Outflows
Gas flowing into a galaxy is hard to detect, but a recent study simulated a dusty galaxy to understand how we might be able to uncover inflows with emission line ratios.
A Black Hole’s Puzzling X-Ray Bursts
A supermassive black hole awakened seven years ago, and it’s now behaving in a way astronomers can’t explain.
The Oldest Starlight
Astrobites reports on whether JWST’s most extreme high-redshift galaxy candidates aren’t galaxies at all, but the explosive deaths of the very first stars.