Selections from 2019: An Average Quasar at an Above-Average Distance
The discovery of an extremely distant supermassive black hole can teach us about conditions in the early universe.
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Selections from 2019: Rethinking Carbon Monoxide in the Search for Life
What does the presence of carbon monoxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere tell us in the context of the search for life beyond Earth?
Selections from 2019: Explanation for an Interstellar Visitor
Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua may be part of a larger population of bodies with unusual structure.
Selections from 2019: A Giant Planet Around an Evolved Binary
Evidence has been found for a giant planet orbiting around a binary that consists of one dead and one living star.
Selections from 2019: Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Catastrophes
Some astrophysical sources should produce both neutrinos and gravitational waves. What have we learned looking for this simultaneous signal?
AAS Publishing News: The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus
Noticed a change in AAS journal keywords? Here’s why we’re using a new system, and what it could do for the field.
An Extreme Pulsar Seen in Gamma Rays
One of the fastest spinning radio pulsars known has now been detected to pulse in gamma rays, too.
You Spin Me Right Round: Stellar Rotation with Asteroseismology
How a star spins can significantly impact its evolution — yet stellar rotation remains poorly understood. Astrobites reports on what we can learn by studying stellar pulsations.
Mass-ive Implications for Exoplanetary Atmospheres
To study the atmosphere of an exoplanet, it turns out we need to have a solid handle on its mass.
The Planetary Science Journal Joins the Family
The Planetary Science Journal is a new home for your research articles investigating our own solar system and other planetary systems.
When A Black Hole (Partially) Destroys a Star
A new study explores what happens when a passing star has a close encounter with a supermassive black hole — and lives to tell the tale.
Searching for Supernova Survivors
Supernovae may be among the most powerful events in the cosmos, but astronomers think that companion stars may be able to survive these intense explosions. Astrobites reports.