It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… a Cow?
An unusually bright supernova, nicknamed the Cow, was the first of its kind when discovered in 2018. Learn more about this mysterious flash in today’s Bite!
The CHIME is now for Fast Radio Bursts
Fast Radio Bursts CHIME in – 535 times! Today’s paper describes the new CHIME/FRB Catalog 1, with an exciting number of new FRBs.
Transient Butterflies: Fast Blue Optical Transients can be powered by Jet-Shocked Cocoons
FBOTs or butterflies? Today’s paper presents a new model to describe the emission from fast blue optical transients.
Astrobites at AAS 239 Virtual Events: Day 1
We report on Day 1 of the virtual events based around the cancelled winter AAS meeting.
A Fast, Blue “Camel” Shines Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Relativistic Camels in space?? What a trip!
Bursting the Hubble Trouble Bubble: Measuring H0 with Fast Radio Bursts
Do you like fast radio bursts but hate the Hubble tension? If so, then this paper showing the first measurement of the Hubble constant using FRB observations is for you!