Cloudy with a chance of wind
How does gravity tell us about the winds in a planet’s atmosphere? Read on to find out!
Looking at Stars but Seeing the Kuiper Belt
A low-cost survey found the first kilometer-sized Kuiper Belt Object using stellar occultations and clever analysis.
An interplanetary collision — in a distant planetary system
Interplanetary collisions can explain a number of phenomena in our own solar system — here’s evidence of such a crash shaping the formation of two distant planets. Translate from an Astrobitos bite by Elena Gonzales Egea.
First Photos of a Baby Planet
To understand planet formation, we need to observe newborn planets that are in their earlier stages of development. This is exactly what was discovered around PDS 70 – the first young, forming planet around a protostar of this age. Read more to learn about what we saw, and how we got that data!
The Secret to a Steady Relationship in the Kuiper Belt
Survival rates of Kuiper Belt Objects with binary companions are used to determine the history of the Solar System.
Visions of the future: A planetary fragment orbiting a long dead star offers a glimpse of the Solar System’s fate
Astronomers discover a planetary fragment that survived the destruction of its host star – offering insights into the future of planetary systems like our own.