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Exploring the Slower Side of Neutron Star Bow Shocks
Today’s paper took a closer look at the properties of three neutron star bow shocks in unprecedented detail, revealing new insights into the hidden physics behind these cosmic collisions.
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The Solar System in the Mirror
We have not found a Solar System analog, but upcoming missions stand to discover more and more multi-planet systems. We can begin to understand these systems by asking: what would our own Solar System look like to distant observers?
Hiding in plain sight: Betelgeuse’s binary buddy
Could one of the most well-studied stars in the sky have a hidden binary companion? Today’s authors think so!
Rapid Microlensing Classification: A Lonely SOBH Story
Today’s paper explores how we can use simulations of stellar populations to rapidly estimate the identity of the lensing object in a microlensing event.
Live Fast, Die Young, Bad Gals Do it Well
In this Astrobite, we see if ancient aged galaxies spell trouble for cosmology!
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The Databases of Astronomy: Organizing the Knowledge of the Field
Astronomy is a field that has written records that date far back in history, much of it published in journals, books, and letters. However, only in the later part of the 20th century did the vast tomes of astronomical information meet the internet. Online tools now make it possible to access practically every paper or article ever published and visualize vast amounts of data from telescope archives. This post (to be updated incrementally in the future) will serve as an overview to some of the organizational tools of astronomy that astrobites authors have come to use and love.