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...