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Mirach’s Ghost and Mirach’s Goblin: A New Galaxy Found Near the Local Group
A amateur astronomer has discovered a galaxy lurking just beyond the Local Group which had gone unnoticed for centuries in the bright glow of neighboring star Mirach.
NOW that’s what I call a moon!
We know moons exist around Neptune and Uranus, but can these icy giants actually form them?
Chance the IMF: How small fluctuations can have big effects on dwarf galaxies
There ain’t no gosh darn part (of this Astrobite about star formation in dwarf galaxies) you can’t tweet.
What does a neutron star actually look like?
Ever wondered what a neutron star would look like up close? Here is your answer!
Why don’t they just break up?
Millisecond pulsars haven’t been observed to spin faster than ~700 Hz — if they don’t fly apart until ~1 kHz, why haven’t we found any faster specimens?
How can you tell if a young planet is migrating?
It is difficult to tell if planets embedded in their natal protoplanetary disks are migrating closer to their stars. The authors of today’s paper devise a new observational signature to figure that out.
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