Heist in Space: Chasing the Stolen Planets
Plenty of committed and planned heists give examples of how to steal diamonds and pearls. But how to steal a whole planet? Easy! You just need to be a star in a star forming region.
The Continued Hunt for the Neutron Star at the Heart of SN 1987A
I spy with my little eye a pulsar wind nebula at the heart of SN 1987A. Check out today’s bite to see the latest results in the search for SN 1987A’s compact object.
Quench your inner star formation
Does one galaxy’s star formation quench another’s? Find out in today’s astrobite.
Are there thousands of Godzillas hiding in plain sight?
A unique galaxy suggests a novel method to search for rare stars, which may have been previously overlooked and misidentified.
Our Icy Planetary Relatives: Special Slushies?
The author’s of today’s paper found that planets are made of unappetizing slushies!
Detecting Exoplanets’ Elusive Magnetic Fields with Radio Transits
Today’s paper explores a promising method for detecting and constraining exoplanetary magnetic fields: measuring their effects on a host star’s radio emission during transits.