A New Kind of Radio Lighthouse
We’ve known about pulsars for more than fifty years, but what about other kinds of repeating radio sources? Learn how this white dwarf binary might be the first peek into a new class of radio lighthouses!
Burning up for your LEOve: Satellites and Atmospheric Pollution
Today’s paper reveals how atmospheric re-entry is not an end-all, be-all solution for cleaning up satellites from low earth orbit.
Building Cradles for Massive Black Hole Seeds
Astronomers have observations of red active galactic nuclei and theories of massive black holes, but are these connected? Read more in today’s bite!
What can ionised bubbles tell us about the expansion of the universe?
Early galaxies create bubbles of ionised gas around them. Measuring their sizes could provide key insights into cosmology.
Detecting new icy molecules around a newly-forming star with JWST
Today’s astrobite looks at some interesting new detections of complex organic molecules by a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Three Supermassive Black Holes for the Price of One in the Early Universe
Today’s paper looks at a gaalxy hosting not one…not two…but three potential supermassive black holes!