Diving into the Darkest Corners of the Universe with Fast Radio Bursts
Using fast radio bursts, researchers have measured just how empty cosmic voids truly are.
Astrobites reports on a whodunit of cosmic significance: who killed star formation in massive elliptical galaxies?
Citizen scientists from the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative recorded nearly an hour of coronal behavior during the 8 April 2024 solar eclipse.
Spying on a Split Comet
A recent study investigated the possible mechanisms that caused a known Jupiter-family comet to split in two.
A recent Focus Issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters introduces the fourth version of the gravitational wave transient catalog from the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations.
The “Rhythm” of the Interstellar Medium
Astrobites reports on the interplay between the interstellar medium and star formation in simulated galaxies.
What powers the prominent helium emission from Hebe, a gas clump seen just 450 million years after the Big Bang?
Noble Gases Along for the Ride
How did neon end up inside Earth’s mantle, and what does that tell us about how our planet formed?
Hydrocarbons keep turning up in surprising places. This time, they’ve been found near a pair of accreting supermassive black holes 3 billion years after the Big Bang.