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.
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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.
The Deepening Mystery of White Dwarf GD 394
TESS has been up to more than just finding planets! The spacecraft recently provided insight into an oddly behaving white dwarf.
Formalde-hyde and Seek
A report from Astrobites explores the origins of complex molecules within protoplanetary disks, focusing on formaldehyde.
Identifying a Slow Planet from a Single TESS Transit
A new study shows it’s possible to efficiently hunt down a wide-orbit planet starting from only one observed transit.
Tracing Gas Flows Out of Star-Forming Galaxies
The movement of gas into and out of galaxies heavily impacts galaxy evolution. So how does gas flow out of galaxies that are very actively forming stars?
1,000 AAS Nova Highlights and Five Years of Astronomy
Today we celebrate a milestone for AAS Nova and reflect on some of what’s happened in astronomy in the past five years.
Faint Jewels: Discovering The Brilliance of Dwarf Galaxies
Astrobites reports on active galactic nuclei discovered within dwarf galaxies with the MaNGA survey.
Featured Image: Investigating Venus’s Volcanic Activity in the Lab
Is Venus still volcanically active today? The differences between the two rocks shown here point to an answer.
Hints of Young Solar Systems
How did our solar system’s planets first form within the swirling disk of gas and dust that surrounded the newborn Sun? New observations from ALMA provide clues.