Judging a Galaxy by its Cover
We’re always told not to judge a book by it’s cover, but what about galaxies? Today’s authors try to find out!
A new exomoon candidate: Kepler-1708 b-i
Today’s paper reports evidence for a new exomoon Kepler-1708 b-i, a mini-Neptune sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet!
Planetary Nebulae: The Desolation of Binaries
What do binaries have to do with how your favorite nebula looks like?
From Earth Plants to Exo-plants: Spectropolarimetry as an Agnostic Biosignature
In order to find life elsewhere in the universe, we need to rule out false positive biosignatures. To get around this, today’s authors use polarized light to distinguish plants from rocks!
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… a Cow?
An unusually bright supernova, nicknamed the Cow, was the first of its kind when discovered in 2018. Learn more about this mysterious flash in today’s Bite!
Counting clusters to probe ancient star formation
What can counting globular clusters tell us about a galaxy’s star formation history? Today’s authors investigate using Hubble Space Telescope observations.