Climate Stabilization on Distant Worlds
Scientists explore whether a world covered in water can keep its climate as stable long-term as an Earth-like, continental world can.
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Seeing Cepheids in the X-Ray
Unexpected X-ray emission has been observed in some variable stars when they’re at their largest size. What could be the cause?
How Do Imines Form in Space Clouds?
Astrobites reports on the space-based formation of imines, molecules that are precursors to DNA.
Featured Image: A Magnetized, Moon-Forming Giant Impact
New state-of-the-art simulations reveal what may have happened when a planetary-mass impactor smashed into the early Earth.
Eccentricity, Spin, and the Origins of Colliding Black Holes
The dramatic collision of two enormous black holes has provided new clues pointing to how this binary originally formed.
A Distant Quasar as a Cosmic Clock
Hungry supermassive black holes in the distant cosmos can help us understand what happened shortly after our universe lit up with its first stars and galaxies.
Don’t Change the Station! Substellar Objects Are Up Next
Astrobites reports on the first direct radio discovery of a brown dwarf, an object in the gray area between star and planet.
Checking the Speed of Spirals
Gravity or a planetary companion? Recent work uses speed measurements to determine what’s driving the spiral arms in one protoplanetary disk.
Spotting a Distant Afterglow
You’ve got to be quick to spot the afterglow from a short gamma-ray burst! A recent success story reveals one of the most distant bursts we’ve discovered.
A Look at the Atmosphere of a Nearby Hot Neptune
A planet that should be completely irradiated has somehow held on to its atmosphere. New work examines what this planet reveals about rare hot Neptunes.
The Aftermath of a Neutron Star Collision
New simulations examine the complicated picture of what happens after two neutron stars collide.
Implications of an Enormous, Early Black Hole
Scientists have discovered a monster in the early universe, and it’s challenging our understanding of how black holes grow.