Jumping the Gap to Probe Large Black Holes
Gravitational-wave detectors may soon find a new population of huge black holes. What can we hope to learn from them?
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Searching for Universal Acceleration
Is dark matter the cause of strange behavior in galactic outskirts? Or is something else at work? Scientists have turned to elliptical galaxies in search of new clues.
AAS Seeks Communications Specialist
Applications are now open for a science communications position at the AAS.
Astrobites Airlines: We’re going to Planet Nine!
Astrobites provides a journey to the outer solar system to learn about the latest models describing the influence of the hypothesized Planet Nine.
Featured Image: Eclipses Reveal Sources of Solar Wind
A detailed set of images of the eclipsed Sun has helped scientists to identify the source of streams of high-energy particles from our star.
Signs of Extreme Survivor Stars
A recent study considers what sort of stars could live in the extreme environments surrounding supermassive black holes.
New View of Asteroid Ryugu’s Surface
Ground-based measurements of Ryugu’s surface are helping to complete the picture of this nearby, rocky body while we wait for sample analysis.
Evolving Terrestrial Atmospheres: Can Fire and Air Make A Watery Earth?
Astrobites reports on whether interactions between magma and a planetary atmosphere can create a water dominated super-Earth.
Solving the Mystery of Varying Red Giants
Scientists have long puzzled over slow and regular variations in the brightness of many evolved giant stars. Have we now found an explanation?
Where We Might Find Life
As we develop the tools to search for life’s signatures in exoplanet atmospheres, where should we look first to maximize our chances? Astrobites reports.
Raising Tides on Jupiter with Its Moons
What happens to the inside of a gas-giant planet as a consequence of the gravitational pulls of its moons?
A Colorful Image of a Black Hole
The first ever image of a black hole just got even more detailed! Astrobites reports.