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Peeking Through the Haze: A Look at Titan’s Bright Surface Features

Peeking Through the Haze: A Look at Titan’s Bright Surface Features

by Kerrin Hensley | Mar 1, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Bright surface features ring Titan’s north polar lakes and trace out dry lake beds. Could these same features in the equatorial desert regions indicate that what is now desert was once covered in liquid?

TRAPPIST-1: Just right?

TRAPPIST-1: Just right?

by Elisabeth Matthews | Feb 22, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

In this bite we dig into the details of the recent discovery of 7 habitable zone planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1.

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Legacy

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Legacy

by Gourav Khullar | Feb 3, 2017 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s ‘beyond’ bite takes you back to 2000, when a new telescope meant to survey the night sky takes the astrophysics community by storm.

The Curious Case of Planetary Nebulae in Globular Clusters

The Curious Case of Planetary Nebulae in Globular Clusters

by Kerrin Hensley | Jan 23, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Planetary nebulae where they shouldn’t be–how did they get there?

Auroral Displays at Brown Dwarfs

Auroral Displays at Brown Dwarfs

by Sam Turnpenney | Jan 12, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Powerful auroras have been detected at a nearby brown dwarf. Today we’ll be discussing this discovery, which is the first instance of auroras found outside of the solar system.

A Too-Hot Pulsar Speeding Through the Galaxy

A Too-Hot Pulsar Speeding Through the Galaxy

by Thankful Cromartie | Jan 10, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

What happens when a pulsar plows through our Galaxy at irresponsible speeds, exceeding the sound speed of the interstellar medium? The answer may (bow) shock you.

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