A New, Scattered-Light View of Planet-Forming Disks
New scattered-light images reveal striking substructure in circumstellar disks around nearby low-mass stars.
A New Look at SN 1987A
ALMA observations of SN 1987A shed new light on dust production in young supernovae.
A Historical Nova and the First Radioactive Molecule in Space
An explosive stellar merger reveals the first radioactive molecule discovered in space.
The First Molecule in the Universe
SOFIA observations have detected HeH+ in the planetary nebula NGC 7027, shedding new light on the dawn of chemistry in the universe.
A Protoplanetary Disk with a Tail
The sites of planet formation seem to be anything but orderly and a recent discovery may help explain the observed wide variety of exoplanet configurations.