Measuring Ages from Craters on Giant Planet Satellites

The cratered surfaces of moons record impacts reaching back billions of years. How do researchers measure the ages of these surfaces, and what can these ages tell us about how the moons formed? aasnova.org/2024/04/10/mea…

Still craving some Sun science after the magical #SolarEclipse2024 ? Worry not because AAS Nova has put together very nice write-ups of 3 recent solar physics research articles, including our work on exceptional observations of a CME at Mercury's orbit: aasnova.org/2024/04/08/mon… ☀️

Tragic Tidal Disruption Events: How Black Holes Shred Stars

astrobites's Sonja Panjkov reports on a tragic final encounter between a supermassive black hole and a stellar neighbor that came a bit too close. aasnova.org/2024/04/09/tra…

Monthly Roundup: Solar Science on a Solar Eclipse Day!

Take a moment to delve into three solar physics research articles with us today to learn how researchers are studying our home star. aasnova.org/2024/04/08/mon…

What Do Accretion Disk Models Remember?

If simulations “remember” the conditions they started with, that could complicate the modeling of magnetized accretion disks around supermassive black holes. aasnova.org/2024/04/05/wha…

Evidence Says Some Blue Stars Come from Two Stars

The merger of two stars can make a blue supergiant, suggesting that many of the galaxy’s brightest stars are not born, but made. aasnova.org/2024/04/03/blu…

Ghost (Particle) Hunting in Gamma-ray Bursts

astrobites's sam reports on a study that aims to determine whether the sources of gamma-ray bursts could also be a source of ghostly neutrinos. aasnova.org/2024/04/02/gho…

Featured Image: Giant Star-Forming Cloud

A giant star-forming region in the Milky Way has a new infrared portrait, thanks to a telescope flying through the stratosphere. aasnova.org/2024/04/01/fea…

Making Computers Count Pulses

Fitting models to pulsar arrival times is typically a tricky business. A new algorithm might let computers take on some of the decision-making burdens. aasnova.org/2024/03/29/mak… WVU Physics & Astro

A New Way of Looking at the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has analyzed data that show our home galaxy’s central black hole in a new light — polarized light, to be precise. aasnova.org/2024/03/27/a-n… Event Horizon 'Scope

How to Tell If a Black Hole Is Making Your Fairy Lights Twinkle

astrobites's storm reports on how we can find isolated black holes by searching for the twinkling of stars that these black holes pass in front of. aasnova.org/2024/03/26/how…

Crystallization, Convection, and a Magnetic White Dwarf Mystery

When white dwarfs begin to crystallize, can the change prompt the formation of magnetic fields millions of times stronger than Earth's? aasnova.org/2024/03/25/cry… CU Boulder News & Experts

AAS Media Fellowship Now Open for Applications

Are you an astronomy graduate student who’s interested in science communication? Apply for the AAS Media Fellowship by June 21! aasnova.org/2024/03/22/aas… #scicomm

Modeling a Conversation Between a Black Hole and Its Galaxy

A new modeling technique lets black holes and their surroundings “talk” more easily, allowing researchers to simulate the complicated physics of accretion and feedback. aasnova.org/2024/03/20/mod… Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University

The 80s Called, They Want Their Ultra-Long-Period Radio Transient Back

astrobites's Magnus L'Argent reports on two objects whose unusually spaced-out radio pulses have puzzled astronomers. Could these objects be white dwarfs or magnetars? aasnova.org/2024/03/19/the…

Featured Image: Mapping Matter in the Universe

Researchers measure tiny distortions in the oldest light in the universe to determine where matter is concentrated. aasnova.org/2024/03/18/fea… Penn Today Perimeter Institute

How to Slice a Star

Though astronomers already knew that strange things can happen in the final moments of a massive star’s life, a recent model may have just taken the top prize as the most bizarre possible ending. aasnova.org/2024/03/15/how… NYU Physics

Monthly Roundup: Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

Three recent studies of the famous red supergiant examine the aftermath of the Great Dimming, probe the possibility of a stellar merger, and reconsider some critical evidence. aasnova.org/2024/03/13/mon…

A First Glimpse of Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei with SDSS-V

astrobites's Megan Masterson reports on the changing-look active galactic nuclei seen in the first year of the fifth Sloan Digital Sky Survey. aasnova.org/2024/03/12/a-f…

K2-18b May Not Be Habitable After All

A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world without a habitable surface rather than an ocean world. aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k2-… NASA Ames UW News UW Earth & Space Sci