The Field that Rends the Light
Do magnetars have flux ropes that look like giant muscular arms? No, but they have some magnetic arches with the muscle to rip light apart!
Finding our Long-Lost Twins: Can JWST Distinguish Between other Earths… and other Venuses?
Venus may be quite similar in size and mass as Earth, but its surface conditions could not be any more different! Can a modern space telescope like JWST identify the difference between an exoEarth and an exoVenus?
Under (Magnetic) Arrest? Possible Evidence for a Previously-Theorized type of Black Hole Accretion Disk
Today’s authors analyze the time delay between energetic flares coming from a black hole x-ray binary system, and try to determine if this is evidence of a magnetic process occuring in the accretion disk.
Signs of (Pre-)Life: Can JWST Detect Conditions for the Formation of Earth-like Life on Distant Planets?
Signs of life on other worlds might be detectable with today’s instruments – but can JWST detect the signs of conditions where life could form? Today’s authors try to answer this question.
LHAASO-ing the brightest gamma-ray burst
Today’s paper describes the brightest ever gamma-ray burst, as seen in very-high-energy gamma-rays by LHAASO.
Galactic Tails tell Galactic Tales – and this one is a Strange Tail Indeed
Today’s authors discovered a very long, very odd galactic tail, and discuss what that means for its origin and for the history of the galax(ies) involved!