Capturing Solar Flares with the Collapsing Trap Model
Researchers search for an explanation for the bright X-ray emission seen high in the Sun’s atmosphere before a solar flare.
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The Life and Times of Immortal Stars
Stars embedded in the disks surrounding active galactic nuclei might have discovered the fountain of youth. What are the consequences of stellar immortality?
What Goes Bump in the Night: Superluminous Supernovae Show Bumps and Wiggles at Late Times
Astrobites reports on the odd bumps and wiggles that can appear late in the evolution of superluminous supernovae.
Surveying Young Stars in the North America and Pelican Nebulae
Astronomers scour Zwicky Transient Facility data to search for stellar variability in a famous Milky Way nebular complex.
A Massive Reanalysis of Microlensing Events
Researchers have created the largest public catalog of fitted gravitational microlensing light curves, giving a boost to searches for exoplanets, isolated black holes, and more.
A New Way to Probe the Early Universe
Have astronomers uncovered a new, powerful tool to probe the nature of dark matter at small scales?
An Updated Weather Forecast for HAT-P-7b
Astrobites reports on an article that casts doubt on one of the first detections of variability in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.
Featured Image: A Shock Surrounding a Black Widow Pulsar
New images of a rare phenomenon may help astronomers understand pulsars that consume their stellar companions.
First Image of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
The planet-spanning Event Horizon Telescope has captured the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Diving Deep into Bright Galaxies with SCUBA-2 COSMOS
A close look at bright galaxies in the first few billion years of the universe may help us understand why these early galaxies formed stars so vigorously.
How a Moon-Sized Deep Impact Affected Early Life on Earth
Astrobites reports on Earth’s early days, when massive asteroid impacts may have rendered our home planet somewhat less than hospitable.
Spotting Dots on the Sun
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has snapped photos of tiny, bright dots on the Sun. What’s the deal with these dots?