Meteorites and Earth are more similar than previously thought
It is commonly believed that Earth and meteorites reveal substantial differences. Today’s authors challenge this view based on their...
Further constraints on how to form planets
Observing protoplanetary disks with ALMA yields astonishing information about structures in disks. Today’s astrobite presents and...
A planet greeting from the danger zone
Stars at later stages of their evolution lack planets at small orbits, which is believed to be a consequence of disruption. However, the...
Guide to Empirical Velocity Laws
There are some papers that present relations that are important enough to get their own names. This astrobite presents three relations...
New rings detected for old protoplanetary disk
The image of the protoplanetary disk around HL Tau illustrating ring structures triggered a huge “WOW!”. Read on and get convinced by...
The merger of two castaways
Recently, several supernovae have been observed that do not fit in any of the known categories. These Calcium-rich supernovae are...
Expected or not – It’s all the same physics
Astrophysics covers a huge amount of scales from subatomic size to the size of the universe. Nevertheless, it is often possible to...
The bouncing barrier of silicates and ices
Grains of dust and ice stick differently. Read on to get a compact overview of a possible effect of the variable "level of stickiness"...
Chury - a rubber duck with animal like characterisitics
More than a year ago, scientists managed to land on a comet for the very first time in human history. Read on to get a compact overview...
Do planets form inside-out?
Planets with radii between Earth and Neptune and small radii are the most common in planetary systems. These planets are challenging to...