The South Pole–Aitken basin, the oldest and largest lunar impact structure, is a rich site for exploration, with a high chance of a safe landing, abundant resources, and high scientific potential.
Simulations explore the properties of the leading edge of coronal mass ejections; this bright feature is one of the three structural parts commonly seen in these solar eruptions.
A search for the dense star clusters that inhabit the innermost regions of a galaxy finds 325 galaxies with this type of cluster, including 33 galaxies classified as ultra-diffuse galaxies.
New maps of one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies show evidence for the shock thought to form due to the galaxy’s motion relative to the Milky Way’s circumgalactic medium.
Researchers discover narrow calcium emission lines in the spectrum of a Type Ia supernova for the first time, possibly associated with the winds from a surviving companion star.
Models of the spectra of Neptune-like exoplanets show that this class of planets tends to have high atmospheric metallicity and low sedimentation efficiency (i.e., the clouds tended to remain fluffy rather than compact).