Researchers Spot a Rare Glowing, Growing Planet
Growing planets need to eat, and astronomers just found one snacking on gas in between the rings of a protoplanetary disk.
Astrobites reports on how we might someday detect moons around planets outside our solar system by precisely tracking the positions of a star and a planet.
AAS Nova turned 10 this year! For our 2,000th post, we’re looking back on the past decade of astronomy research.
Planetary Hide and Seek
Astrobites reports on a study that explores whether there are planets hiding from us inside the gaps of multi-planet systems.
Infrared studies of resolved supernova remnants beyond the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are now within reach.
Using high-resolution JWST observations, a recent study has found a supermassive black hole at the center of an ultracompact dwarf galaxy.
Kicking Neutron Stars from the Nest
Neutron stars are born running, and recent research explores just how fast they start off.
Are Quasars Growing in Secret?
Astrobites reports on supermassive black holes in the early universe that may have been hiding phases of their growth.
To push the limits of high-precision pulsar measurements, astronomers have reconsidered their approach to data stacking.