A spiral galaxy that doesn’t play by the rules
Galaxies in the middle of clusters are usually huge, elliptical galaxies. So what is this spiral-shaped imposter doing here?
Needles in a haystack: Searching for isolated neutron stars in a massive catalog
Do you want to look through half a million sources by hand? Neither did these astronomers. Here’s how they took a shortcut – and found four new neutron stars.
Stop, Drop, and Roll: TDE Photons and Their Misleading Spectra
Today’s authors address the problems that arise when astronomers
Astrobites at AAS 238: Day 3
We report on Day 3 of the virtual summer AAS meeting.
How Many Years Does it Take to Get to the Center of a Supernova Remnant?
After more than 30 years, have astronomers finally discovered what the compact object at the center of Supernova 1987A is?
Stuck in the Middle: A New Gamma-Ray Burst Defies the Norm
Even for stellar explosions, this gamma-ray burst is a weird one!