What doesn’t kill them makes them (marine microplankton) stronger
As the Sun bobs its head above and below the Galactic plane, the Earth’s marine microplankton flock in crowds to see the beautiful view.
Asteroid Deflections are like a Box of Chocolates
In 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed itself into an asteroid in a binary system. Today’s paper investigates the unexpected evolution of the binary’s orbit after the collision.
Is There a Black Hole Hiding in the Inner Solar System?
Mercury’s perplexing orbit led to the prediction of a new inner planet, Vulcan. Einstein’s general relativity removed the need for such a body, but today’s paper pursues a wild idea – does Vulcan exist as a primordial black hole?
The Radcliffe Wave (Or How Space Might Have Caused An Ice Age)
Nearby in the Milky Way, the Radcliffe Wave hosts a dense concentration of dust, gas, and star clusters. And in the past few million years, the Sun might have passed right through it! But what effect did that have on our own Earth?
Bubbles and Tunnels: Unveiling the Secret Structure of Our Galaxy
The solar system is surrounded by a region containing only a low density hot gas called the Local Hot Bubble. Today’s paper uses new observations from eROSITA to map out the shape of the bubble and learn more about its properties!
It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Take Off All Your H2O
Was Venus always a formidable hellscape, or did it once have a temperate climate with liquid water on its surface?