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.
How to ID some extrasolar dusty snowballs
Exocomets are becoming more interesting, given their detections are more promising and well studied. So, naming them is of more importance now than ever. Today’s bite summarizes a paper that proposes a nomenclature for exocomets.
It’s raining molecules! But planets around M-dwarfs may want to hold their “Hallelujah”.
Comets are falling. Speedometer getting low. According to today’s sources: Slow impacts are the way to go.
Things that go bump in the outer solar system
Dive into the weeds of modeling the small bodies in the far reaches of the solar system.
Spotlight on Malaysian Astronomy at IAUS 377 in Kuala Lumpur
Summary of the Malaysian Astronomy session at IAUS 377, the first IAU conference in Southeast Asia since 1990!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Dennis Bodewits
Think comets are simply just ice and rock? You’ll be surprised at the range of interactions in their atmospheres. Find out more at Prof. Dennis Bodewits’ #AAS240 plenary talk!