A Possible Shredded Star Disguised as a Gamma-ray Burst
Is GRB 191019A truly a gamma-ray burst, or could it be the first example of an ultra-deep tidal disruption event?
Astrobites reports on a class of accreting stars nicknamed “hamstars” that store overflow matter in stellar “cheeks” to eat later.
Compact blue dwarf galaxies share many properties with galaxies in the early universe, giving researchers a way to study distant, ancient galaxies up close.
After observing a planned impact between an asteroid and a spacecraft, astronomers wondered: could we detect colliding pairs of natural asteroids?
The dwarf planet Ceres hosts water ice in cold, shadowed craters. New research suggests that these ice deposits are remarkably young.
The Case of Shrinking Planets
Astrobites reports on whether photoevaporation or core-powered mass loss is more likely to be responsible for the exoplanet radius gap.
If caught just a few days later, SN 2022jox would’ve looked like just another ordinary core-collapse supernova, but early observations set it apart, revealing the gas expelled in the star’s final years
New research explores a way to probe for cracks in special relativity with a subtle measurement of gamma-ray photons.
One person’s space junk is another’s research opportunity: scientists study an artificial object mistaken for an asteroid to understand how to identify these objects in future surveys.