Brian Koberlein
Tidal Steams of Interstellar Objects May Flow Through the Milky Way Like Braided Rivers
Interstellar objects visit our solar system all the time. A new study shows they likely come in streams of sibling…
High Velocity Clouds Comprise Less of the Milky Way’s Mass Than We Thought
A survey of high velocity clouds in the galactic halo of the Milky Way finds that they make up less…
Do We Really Know What Becomes a Type Ia Supernova?
Type Ia supernovae are crucial to our understanding of cosmology. But we still don't fully understand what causes them.
Observations by DESI Open the Door to Modified Gravity Models
Observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument suggest that the rate of cosmic expansion may be changing over the time.…
Cosmology is at a Crossroads, But New Instruments are Coming to Help
Thanks to Hubble, JWST, and the Planck mission, we're starting to see cracks in the current ideas in cosmology, expressed…
MeerKAT Confirms the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe in Record Time
Astronomers are collecting evidence for the gravitational wave background of the Universe, caused by merging supermassive black holes. Now, the…
Maybe Venus Was Never Habitable
The planetary science community argues back and forth about when Venus was last habitable. Did it lose its oceans billions…
White Dwarfs Could Have Habitable Planets, Detectable by JWST
White dwarfs are dead stars like our Sun. Although they're no longer performing fusion in their cores, they're still hot…
What's Inside Uranus and Neptune? A New Way to Find Out
Uranus and Neptune are "ice giants," containing chemicals like methane and ammonia, but compressed under intense pressure. This is just…
Interstellar Objects Can't Hide From Vera Rubin
When the Vera Rubin Observatory comes online in a few months, it'll be the most effective asteroid and comet hunter…