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Let’s go hunting for exocomets!
How do you find a comet orbiting a star dozens or hundreds of light-years away? Join us today, as we look into this very question and what we can learn from finding these tiny, distant objects.
These “Ice Giants” Have a Hot Secret
You’re probably used to seeing tabloids in the checkout aisle of the grocery store claiming all sorts of wild things. The scandals of life on Earth are abundant, and it seems like the rest of the solar system isn’t any different. Although you might not see their pictures on the front covers of any gossip magazines, Uranus and Neptune may not be what you think. Allegedly, these “ice giant” planets have a piping-hot secret that the authors of today’s paper are exposing.
A Merger is Not a Meal: How to Feed Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe
How did supermassive black holes in the early universe get so massive? Today’s bite uses simulations to investigate whether galaxy mergers can help beef up black holes.
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[Guest post] Excavating Exoplanets: How to Dust off Debris Disks Using a New High-Contrast Imaging Technique
What do astronomers and archaeologists have in common? Today’s guest author discusses how faint exoplanet signals are extracted from their noisy surroundings.
Hungry Hungry Galaxies: How does the shape of a galaxy’s halo affect its appetite?
Stream in to today’s paper to understand how tearing apart dwarf galaxies can reveal the shape of the dark matter haloes of hungry galaxies.
Astrobites at AAS 248: Day 4
Astrobites covers the final day of AAS 248.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Black Space Week 2026: Interview with Amina Diop
As part of Astrobites coverage of Black Space Week, we interviewed members of the Black in Astro community. Today’s interviewee is Amina Diop!
Black Space Week 2026: BiA Highlights for AAS
As part of Black Space Week 2026, Astrobites is highlighting members of the Black in Astro community who will be presenting at the 248th AAS meeting starting next week! If you’ll be attending, we encourage you to check out the presentation below.
Where the magic happens: a brief introduction to computing clusters
Your humble laptop can only do so much. Here’s your beginner’s guide to computing clusters!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Black Space Week 2026: Interview with Amina Diop
As part of Astrobites coverage of Black Space Week, we interviewed members of the Black in Astro community. Today’s interviewee is Amina Diop!
Meet the AAS 248 Plenary Speakers: Dr. George Helou
Meet Dr. George Helou: Caltech astronomer, infrared astronomy pioneer, and AAS plenary speaker reflecting on four decades of exploring the universe through infrared light.
Meet the AAS 248 Plenary Speakers: Dr. David Jewitt
Today we interview UCLA planetary scientist David Jewitt, who helped discover the Kuiper Belt and is now studying some of the Solar System’s strangest visitors!