Twinkle, twinkle, highest redshift star; how we wonder what you are!
What do mythology, Tolkien, and astrophysics have in common?
The water is strong with this one: the emission features of Kelt-20b
So you have a planet with a cold atmosphere orbiting a really hot star? Find out in today’s bite why this gives you the water and CO emission features you are looking for!
Searching for Space Mountains
Today’s authors have a new idea to identify exoplanet topographies using transit data!
The (new) April Fools Peer Review Process
There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all and provided some “peer review”
Meteors Ahead! Does Kuiper Belt Dust Affect Titan’s Atmosphere?
Impacts might have been a disaster for the Titanic, but on Titan, they could explain some intriguing atmospheric anomalies! Today’s paper investigates the influence of meteors on Saturn’s largest moon