There’s a hard physical limit on spotting a planet next to its blinding star. However, it turns out today’s telescopes aren’t hitting it. New work maps out exactly how close in we could still detect the faint, Earth-like worlds we want to find the most.
Today’s authors hunt for evidence of a universal IMF using JWST observations of local relic galaxy Boötes I!
Scientists recently conducted a survey to determine the community’s consensus on the Universe. The Big Mysteries Survey reveals an interesting insight into what Physics’ brightest minds think about its biggest problems . This does not make Physics look weak. It makes physics look human. Perhaps that is the point. The frontier of physics is not a courtroom verdict. It is a living argument.
The AAS Education Committee discusses how they’re improving AAS meetings for first-time student attendees.
Today’s bite breaks down the Lomb–Scargle periodogram, a popular tool astronomers use to hunt for periodic signals, and explains how sometimes it fools us into seeing patterns that aren’t really there.
Ultrahigh-energy neutrinos can be our gateway to studying some of the Universe’s most energetic but least understood phenomena. Today’s paper presents a proof-of-concept for a new, promising way to detect these ultrahigh-energy particles.