Two extra-inflated gas giants are defying explanation. Plus my book in Chinese, and why are supermassive black holes so big so early?
April 22, 2019 Issue #107
It may erupt every few centuries, but don’t panic!
May 23, 2019 Issue #116
An asteroid passes directly in front of everyone’s favorite supernova progenitor tonight
We get a second moon, kinda, for a week in 2027. Also, a cosmic train wreck around another star
See a direct image of the planet, and a quintuply gravitationally lensed galaxy
Also: A planet found using astrometry, and where does the Sun’s magnetic field originate?
4 March 2021 Issue #302
A powerful solar storm graced us with gorgeous aurorae, but they are also a warning
05 October 2020 Issue #259
WD1856b is a gas giant orbiting uncomfortably close to a white dwarf. How did it get there? Bonus: Bayeux Tapestry astronomy