How Do You Weigh a Galaxy?
How much does our galaxy weigh? The authors of today’s paper use globular clusters in the halo of the galaxy to try to answer this question!
Tweeping up with the Astronomers: Sharing Your Science with Twitter
Check out this post to read more about Astrotweeps, a Twitter account run by a new astronomer or planetary scientist every week!
More Clues to the Environment in Which FRBs Originate?
The world of FRB science is filled with more questions than answers right now. Has a new discovery finally hinted toward the answer to one of our major questions?
The TESS Mission’s First Earth-Like Planet Found in an Interesting Trio
The TESS mission has found an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its star, but the question of how the system formed is baffling astronomers.
The Mysterious Pulsars That Switch On and Off
Pulsars emit radio radiation, but sometimes they just randomly switch off. Why is that?