In today’s paper: the sensitivity and power of JWST has allowed scientists to discover signs of at least two, if not three, unknown companions to NGC 3132’s central star!
There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2023 and provided some “peer review”
In today’s post, we get a first look at resolved stellar populations with the JWST.
A mysterious streak appears in Hubble images. Could it be the starry wake left behind by an ejected black hole?
In today’s paper, the authors analyze millimeter and submillimeter ALMA observations of a protoplanetary disk, and find kinematic signs of candidate companions within!
As part of our #BlackInAstro series celebrating Black History Month, we interview Dr. Chris Moore @CMooreSpace, a research associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics!