Dancing with the (Six) Stars, or, a 200 year story of the Castor system
Astronomers study the orbits of a sextuplet system, an absurdly complex arrangement of six stars in orbit around one another, in order to measure their masses once and for all.
Supernova.. supernova.. supernova!
Today’s paper presents “echoes” coming from a supernova in the nearby galaxy Centaurus A.
Io 2: Searching for exomoons with a radio telescope
One challenge of exoplanet astronomy is finding moons orbiting distant worlds. Today’s paper tests out an unusual new method of finding these exomoons!
A Sizzlin’ Super-Earth Cooking in the Radius Valley
Hot off the press! Read all about a newly discovered ultra-short period, massive Super-Earth that lives in middle of the radius valley.
Cryovolcanoes, the windows to Europa’s subsurface ocean
Let’s take a look at some really, really cold volcanoes!