Catching Core-Collapse Supernovae Before They Happen
What happens right before a massive star explodes violently in a supernova explosion? A recent study predicts an influx of pre-explosion observations will arise after the Vera C. Rubin Observatory turns on this summer, unlocking the mysteries surrounding massive stars’ ends.
The Lucy mission has provided insights into the craters, boulders, and other surface features of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its small satellite, Selam.
Astronomers search for spacetime ripples from a possible supermassive black hole binary at the heart of the elliptical galaxy 3C 66B.
Astrobites reports on an investigation of a runaway star that may have survived its companion going supernova.
Could a recent collision between the two largest satellites of the Milky Way explain the disrupted state of the Small Magellanic Cloud?
Jupiter’s Atmosphere Holds Steady
Astronomers knew that Jupiter’s upper atmosphere could be strangely warm, but only now do they have global maps showing just where those hot spots are and how long they last.
Thanks to increasingly high-resolution images of the Sun, researchers are catching magnetic reconnection as it happens.
Astrobites reports on a black hole that’s far too massive for its host galaxy, and whether this system could ever reach “normal” proportions.
Using a neural network, researchers have discovered 3,500 candidate strong gravitational lenses in data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument.