Looking Back on Astronomy in 2025 with AAS Nova
Explore the most popular topics on AAS Nova in 2025 — from nearby rocky planets to distant little red dots.
Researchers explored the reaches of humanity’s technological signatures to determine if intelligent life like that on Earth could detect Earth.
Astronomers have traced a bright, seemingly one-off fast radio burst to a galaxy 130 million light-years away.
What did JWST see when it examined TRAPPIST-1e, a nearby habitable-zone exoplanet orbiting a cool red star?
Researchers discovered a record-breaking giant nine-ringed galaxy that provides critical insight into galaxy formation and evolution.
Researchers used an airborne telescope to find out more about the origins of massive stars in our galaxy.
With immense amounts of data headed our way from ground-based facilities like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, new methods are needed to rapidly and effectively process high-resolution images.
During the exceptionally deep solar minimum of 2008, researchers thought the Sun might be entering a prolonged period of low solar activity — but the Sun had other plans.
The repeating fast radio burst source FRB 20240209A is the only known repeating burst to come from a quiescent galaxy.