What happens when protoplanetary disc systems stop following the rules? Today’s paper looks at how some stars with protoplanetary discs in the Upper Scorpius Region experience a mid-life crisis and behave unexpectedly.
Today’s bite explores how life in Earth’s past could exist around the dimmest stars in the galaxy.
Stream in to today’s paper to understand how tearing apart dwarf galaxies can reveal the shape of the dark matter haloes of hungry galaxies.
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For today’s bite guest author, Savaria Parrish, explores the prospects for habitability on planets around a class of stellar remnants known as white dwarfs!
Today we interview solar physicist and 2026 Hale Prize recipient Dr. Yi-Ming Wang about the discoveries that shaped our understanding of the solar wind, the Sun’s magnetic field, and a career built on unexpected turns.
We pointed JWST at a galaxy magnified 5000 times by the universe–what did we learn by seeing the unseeable?