LIGO/Virgo’s Newest Merger Defies Mass Expectations
The two black holes that merged in GW190521 are the most massive we’ve observed yet, and this has major astrophysical implications.
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It Isn’t Gatorade Quenching This Galaxy
How do galaxies transition from blue and star-forming to red and dead? Astrobites reports on a new clue.
Featured Image: Clumps in a Dusty Ring
A recent study shows how a ring of dust and gas surrounding a newly born star might behave as it evolves.
A Stellar Pinwheel at a New Wavelength
A recent study explores a spiral pattern spotted around an unexpected source.
Opportunities from a Newly Discovered Planetary System
Recently found: two nearby, intriguingly puffy planets that will make ideal targets for future observations.
Investigating Black Hole Formation
Astrobites reports on recent black hole mass measurements and what they say about how black holes may have formed in the early universe.
Will Radio Bursts Reveal Hidden Baryons?
A recent study has used bursts of radio emission to probe whether the outskirts of our galaxy are hiding vast quantities of “missing” baryonic matter.
Getting Deeper into the Main Sequence with Gaia
Combining Gaia data with the HR diagram — a plot of star colors and brightnesses — can tell us new things about the lives of stars.
The Impact of Land on an Ocean World’s Habitability
A new study explores how oceans and continents affect whether a habitable-zone planet can actually support life.
Tuning In to Reveal Stellar Wobbles
Astrobites reports on the second exoplanet ever discovered via precise measurements of a star’s changing position.
Featured Image: A Solar Eclipse from the Ground and Space
This stunning image of the Sun and its corona is composited from hundreds of individual frames captured during a solar eclipse.
When Dark Matter Gets Fuzzy
What model of dark matter best describes our universe? A new study uses a unique region in our own galaxy to constrain one particular model: that of fuzzy dark matter.