Discovery of water ice in the shadows of Ceres
How does water ice survive on Ceres when it has no atmosphere? Find out in today’s astrobite.
Measuring Masses with Microlensing: A White Dwarf Magnifying Glass
An exciting white dwarf microlensing event is predicted to happen on November 11th, 2019! Today’s paper explains how this prediction was made and what we could learn from the microlensing event about the mass-radius relation of white dwarfs.
Best exoplanet destinations for mountain climbers
An novel method that could add texture to other worlds.
A very close planet that is way out of line
Transiting exoplanets generally orbit in the same plane, so how is this planet so misaligned in this multi-planet system?
Dating the Evaporation of Globular Clusters
Globular clusters in the Milky Way are shedding their stars. How can we tell when this process began?
Deflating a Planet: Helium Loss in the Atmosphere of Wasp-107b
It has long been theorized that exoplanet atmospheres should be partially composed of helium — now we finally have our first detection in the atmosphere of Wasp-107b. Today’s bite explains how the authors observed helium and discuss what this means for the atmosphere of this planet.