Learning from LIGO’s Second Binary Neutron Star Detection
LIGO’s second observation of colliding neutron stars carries with it some interesting uncertainties and implications.
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Cloudy Challenges to Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres
A new study explores how clouds might affect our ability to search for signs of water vapor in potentially habitable planet atmospheres.
An Iced Cosmic-Ray Macchiato
We know the universe is filled with highly energetic particles. Astrobites reports on how a shot of caffeine could boost them to their extreme energies.
A Star-Bursting Galaxy Born from the Collision of Dwarfs
What happens when the large-scale drama of a violent galaxy merger plays out on small scales for a pair of dwarf galaxies?
CHIME Detects Even More Repeating Bursts
The discovery of nine more repeating fast radio bursts brings us a little closer to understanding their origin.
Jet-Setting in the Infrared
What can infrared emission from black hole X-ray binaries tell us about the speeds of their powerful jets?
A New Approach to Tilting Uranus
Astrobites reports on how Uranus may have gained its unusual 90-degree tilt.
Featured Image: In Search of Distant Clusters
The South Pole Telescope has uncovered the signatures of hundreds of large clusters of galaxies.
AAS Publishing News: An Interview with Chris Lintott
Meet AAS Lead Editor Chris Lintott, a man of many hats.
Catastrophic Collisions in Protoplanetary Disks
A new study proposes that the rings and spirals we see in protoplanetary disks may have a dramatic origin.
You Were Cool, Betelgeuse
What could explain Betelgeuse’s recent odd dimming? Astrobites follows the red supergiant’s rise to fame (and in magnitude).
Life Beyond the Habitable Zone
Can radioactive decay keep a planet warm enough that it could host liquid water — and life — even outside of its star’s habitable zone?