Testing Models of Main Sequence “Pulsars”
CU Virginis emits beams of radio waves like a pulsar — so what’s going on in its magnetosphere? Astrobites reports.
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Getting to Know Our Nearest Neighbors with ALMA
Scientists are using a powerful telescope to hunt for planets in our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri AB.
Radio Reports from GW170817 1,200 Days Since the Kilonova
Astrobites reports the latest updates from a neutron star collision that happened more than 3 years ago.
Featured Image: A New Tool for Exploring the Moon
After careful testing and calibration, the Chandrayaan-2 mission is now providing valuable information about the Moon.
Filling In the Blanks with Machine Learning
With data from the Gaia satellite and spectroscopic surveys, machine learning can fill in gaps in our knowledge of how stars move.
Finding Structure Among Black Holes
New research has explored the populations of black holes involved in catastrophic, gravitational-wave-emitting collisions — and an interesting pattern has emerged.
Going with the Outflow
Astrobites reports on the closest look yet at the mysterious outflows from high-mass newborn stars.
A Pileup of Perpendicular Planets
A new study explores what we can learn from planets that are misaligned with their stars.
Dynamic Desorption: A Tale of Cosmic Rays
Astrobites reports on how cosmic rays can knock molecules from the ice layers on dust grains into gas, a process known as desorption.
FAST Discovery of New Distant Pulsars
The largest filled-aperture radio telescope in the world has discovered a new assortment of distant, pulsating neutron stars.
The Von Trapp Family Planets: A Sixth Planet Confirmed for K2-138
Astrobites reports on the discovery of K2-138g, another sub-Neptune in K2’s most harmonious system.
Featured Image: Do Planets Make Only Puffy Gaps?
In the simulated cross-section of a protoplanetary disk shown here, dust swirls around as a consequence of the recent passage of an orbiting planet.