Two-for-One, Three Times: New Candidate Brown Dwarf Binaries
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have uncovered evidence that three previously observed sources are actually rare brown dwarf binaries.
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have uncovered evidence that three previously observed sources are actually rare brown dwarf binaries.
Tidal stripping may explain why a tiny galaxy hosts a black hole nearly as massive as the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole.
Could supernova shocks be the source of charged particles accelerated up to quadrillions of electronvolts?
Astrobites reports on how to identify merging galaxies and investigate the importance of these collisions over cosmic time.
Researchers analyze solar images to understand how umbral oscillations travel upward and outward from sunspot centers.
A new theory explains why tidal disruption events are only rarely accompanied by powerful jets.
Researchers search for massive white dwarfs that once resided in the nearest open star cluster to Earth.
A red point-source in the early universe is revealed to be a massive active galactic nucleus that contributes a third of its galaxy’s total mass. How did it grow so large so quickly?
Modelers attempt to overcome the challenges posed by simulating the ultra-dense, ultra-strong crusts of neutron stars.
Astrobites reports on whether Jupiter-like exoplanets are responsible for defining the edges of multiple-planet systems.
A distinctive pulsar wind nebula shaped like an outstretched hand is seen in polarized X-rays for the first time.
In order to get its present-day orbit, Enceladus must have felt the need for speed in its recent past.