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Clues within Earth's crust have led astronomers to discover how the solar system's path through the Local Bubble may have impacted the evolution of our planet's life. 🔭🧪 aasnova.org/2025/02/21/s...

Clouds getting in the way of ground-based solar images? A new machine learning method can identify and remove clouds, revealing the hidden solar features underneath. aasnova.org/2025/02/19/i... 🔭🧪

Skylar Grayson reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on the complicated effects of black hole and stellar feedback in cosmological simulations. aasnova.org/2025/02/18/f... 🔭

Will the asteroid 2024 YR4 crash into Earth in 2032? Maybe, but probably not. Today’s Monthly Roundup looks at three studies that advance our understanding of asteroid redirection — just in case. aasnova.org/2025/02/14/m... 🔭🧪

The heart of the Orion Nebula, near the massive young stars of the Trapezium Cluster, is a dramatic place for a star to grow up. New research examines JWST images of an unusual protoplanetary disk in this exceptional setting. aasnova.org/2025/02/12/a... 🔭🧪

Tori Bonidie reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on how habitable exoplanets resembling Earth in its younger years might appear to the Habitable Worlds Observatory. aasnova.org/2025/02/11/l... 🔭

A ring of bright "hotspots" adorns the remnant of the supernova SN 1987A. Now, researchers have analyzed two decades of Hubble Space Telescope observations to track the evolution of this ring. aasnova.org/2025/02/10/f... 🔭🧪

Across cosmic time, galaxies interact and merge with each other, causing disruptions in their behavior. Recent simulations explore the impacts encounters have on the star formation activity in interacting galaxies. 🧪🔭 aasnova.org/2025/02/07/i...

What’s the status of the brown dwarf discovered 12.6 light-years from Regulus: group member or unrelated neighbor? New research provides clues. aasnova.org/2025/02/05/a... 🔭🧪

Skylar Grayson reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on how spectroscopic observations of an exoplanet can help us understand its composition and formation history. aasnova.org/2025/02/04/r... 🔭

Neutron stars seem to rotate at only half their maximum rate. Can the splitting of a neutron star’s crust explain why? aasnova.org/2025/02/03/c... 🔭🧪

A Thorne–Żytkow object is a star within a star — a star with a neutron star at its core. These objects are theorized to form in close binary systems, but new research reveals complications in this proposed formation pathway. aasnova.org/2025/01/31/t... 🔭🧪

The discovery of nearly 6,000 exoplanets has made it clear that not all planets in our galaxy resemble those in our solar system. Today's Monthly Roundup introduces three studies involving planets entirely unlike our own. aasnova.org/2025/01/29/m... 🔭🧪

Annelia Anderson reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on how a star flying by the early solar system could have delivered irregular moons to the giant planets. aasnova.org/2025/01/28/s... 🔭

In advance of T Coronae Borealis’s much-anticipated outburst, astronomers went searching for a nova super-remnant surrounding the system. aasnova.org/2025/01/27/f... @natural-history.bsky.social 🧪🔭

What happens right before a massive star goes supernova? A recent study predicts an influx of supernova precursor observations will arise after the Vera C. Rubin Observatory turns on this summer, unlocking the mysteries surrounding massive stars' ends. 🧪🔭 aasnova.org/2025/01/24/c...

The Ingenuity helicopter made history as the first aircraft to carry out a controlled, powered flight on another planet. Now, a year after Ingenuity's final flight, researchers have achieved another first: the first aircraft measurement of winds on another world. aasnova.org/2025/01/22/n... 🔭🧪

Pranav Satheesh reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on a deep dive into the nature of “little red dot” galaxies seen by JWST. Do they harbor active galactic nuclei, or are stars solely responsible for the extreme properties of these galaxies? aasnova.org/2025/01/21/u... 🔭

On the final day of AAS 245, presenters showcased unusual dwarf galaxies, the story behind Astropy, and the highly anticipated science of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. aasnova.org/2025/01/17/a... #AAS245 🔭

High-energy astrophysics, massive stars, and the solar neighborhood took center stage on Day 3 of AAS 245. aasnova.org/2025/01/16/a... #AAS245 🔭

Talks on Day 2 of AAS 245 gave new perspectives on familiar objects, explored the icy origins of planetary systems, and highlighted the power of X-ray astronomy. aasnova.org/2025/01/15/a... #AAS245 🔭

Super star clusters, evolving galaxies, and asteroids that can take a punch were just a few of the subjects introduced on Day 1 of AAS 245. aasnova.org/2025/01/14/a... #AAS245 🔭

This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 245th AAS meeting happening in National Harbor, MD. aasnova.org/2025/01/13/a... 🔭

The AAS publishing team is excited to engage with the community at the upcoming AAS meeting in National Harbor. Check out what they’ll be up to at the meeting! aasnova.org/2025/01/10/a... 🔭

Shining bright from billions of light-years away, the universe's first galaxies provide a wealth of information regarding galaxy formation and evolution across cosmic time. What have new observations of one such galaxy contributed to our understanding? 🧪 🔭 aasnova.org/2025/01/08/f...

Megan Masterson reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on the first observations of an active galactic nucleus by the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission. aasnova.org/2025/01/07/s... 🔭

Wide-angle outflows and narrow, structured jets dominate a new view of two protostars and give a glimpse into the process of star and planet formation. aasnova.org/2025/01/06/f... 🔭🧪

The star SOS1 is not like its neighbors — what do high-precision chemical abundances tell us about where this star might have come from? aasnova.org/2025/01/03/r... 🔭🧪

Looking Back on Astronomy in 2024 with AAS Nova 2024 has been another wonderful year for astronomy! Check out our year-end top 10 post to see what readers were most fascinated by this year. aasnova.org/2024/12/31/l... 🔭🧪

Using the Parker Solar Probe, researchers have collected images of turbulent eddies in the Sun’s outer corona. This likely marks the first time this instability has been directly imaged so far out in the Sun’s atmosphere. aasnova.org/2024/12/30/s... 🔭🧪

Dust might be responsible for hiding many tidally disrupted stars from view — but a new search at infrared wavelengths has revealed them at last. aasnova.org/2024/12/27/s... 🔭🧪

Researchers have proposed a new solution to a cosmic chicken-and-egg problem, suggesting a new role for supermassive black holes in the formation of stars in young galaxies. aasnova.org/2024/12/26/s... 🔭🧪

Two stellar structures discovered in the Milky Way this year may be fragments of proto-galaxies that formed before our galaxy was assembled. aasnova.org/2024/12/23/s... 🔭🧪

Researchers have spotted what might be water on asteroids before, but 2024 brought the first definitive detection. aasnova.org/2024/12/20/s... 🔭🧪

The Milky Way’s faintest known satellite contains just 57 stars and has a total mass of 16 solar masses: meet Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1. aasnova.org/2024/12/19/s... 🔭🧪

Need more than a million quasars for your study of large-scale structure, accretion, or black hole growth? The Quaia catalog has you covered. aasnova.org/2024/12/18/s... 🔭🧪

In September 2024, researchers predicted that the asteroid 2024 PT5 would soon join Earth as a short-lived “mini-moon.” Today, we’re giving a brief recap of how the prediction played out. aasnova.org/2024/12/17/s... 🔭🧪

Though the North Star appears to be an unwavering single star, it’s actually a variable star belonging to a triple star system. This year, researchers reported a new mass estimate for the North Star and discovered spots on its surface. aasnova.org/2024/12/16/s... 🔭🧪

As the solstice nears, we’re taking a look at four recent research articles that share new findings from our home star. aasnova.org/2024/12/13/m... 🔭🧪

What’s the origin of the dusty crescents in the disk around the young star MWC 758? Researchers have tracked the movements of two crescents to find out. aasnova.org/2024/12/11/d... 🔭🧪

Alexandra Masegian reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on evidence in favor of Betelgeuse — one of the most well-studied stars in the night sky — having a binary companion. aasnova.org/2024/12/10/h... 🔭

An investigation of the Milky Way’s youngest super star cluster tests whether the winds of massive stars could be a source of cosmic rays. aasnova.org/2024/12/09/f... 🔭🧪

Bombarded by powerful radiation or visited by comets carrying life's ingredients, the Sun's migration through the Milky Way likely contributed to the solar system's ability to harbor life. aasnova.org/2024/12/06/m... 🔭🧪

Is the high-energy radiation of a solar flare only rarely accompanied by a flash at visible wavelengths, or are visible-light flares more common than expected? aasnova.org/2024/12/04/f... 🔭🧪

Janette Suherli reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on three neutron-star bow shocks photographed in unprecedented detail, revealing new insights into the hidden physics behind these cosmic collisions. aasnova.org/2024/12/03/e... 🔭

What has poked holes in the "Green Monster," the filamentary structure in front of Cassiopeia A? A new research article offers answers. aasnova.org/2024/12/02/n... 🔭🧪

In 2015, the first detection of gravitational waves changed astronomy forever. Today's Monthly Roundup explores gravitational waves from collapsars, mass-gap black holes, and local supermassive black holes. aasnova.org/2024/11/27/m... 🔭🧪

Kylee Carden reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on how machine learning can help researchers simulate the phase of planet formation in which planetary embryos interact, collide, and combine to form the planets we know and love. aasnova.org/2024/11/26/g... 🪐