Smashing Planets to Build Giants
How do you get close-in, giant planets on eccentric orbits? A new study suggests that a violent phase of planet-smashing might be a key part of the process.
Hunting for a Dark Matter Wake
As the Large Magellanic Cloud plows through the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, it may leave telltale signs of its passage.
A Discovery of a Triple AGN System
Astrobites reports on a newly detected triple system of supermassive black holes feeding at the centers of merging galaxies.
A New Measurement of Turbulence
A new study brings us a little closer to understanding a complex phenomenon that reaches across environments and scales in our universe.
