Here Comes the (other) Sun
How well do we know stars other than the Sun?
How to Make a Gravilaser
What is a “gravilaser,” and why might astronomers want to make one?
MeerKAT spots the RATT PARROT (and takes a radio movie of Jupiter’s magnetic field)
MeerKAT, a radio telescope, made a movie of the 2020 Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn, and found a new pulsar in the background.
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.
Some magnets attract, some magnets repel, some planets say “Hey, hey, what the hell?”
Do planets end up at a different location, if there is a magnetic field in the protoplanetary disk? Find out in today’s bite!
Ripples in Time: The Transient Nature of Mysterious M Stars
Today’s authors, kick back, relax, and try to understand how some mysterious M dwarfs change over time.