Brian Koberlein
Life can Thrive Around Even the Smallest Stars
By simulating the light of small stars, we now know life can survive on planets orbiting them.
The Moon’s Poles Have “Wandered” Over Billions of Years
Astronomers tracked the Moon's poles over billions of years.
It Appears That Enceladus is Even More Habitable Than we Thought
It takes a watery world to support life as we know it, but it also takes a special bit extra.
A new way to Discover Planets? Astronomers Detect an Exoplanet by Seeing its Trojan Belts
Astronomers demonstrate that you don't have to see a planet to discover it. You only need to see its Lagrange…
On its Hunt for Dark Energy, a Telescope Stopped to Look at the Lobster Nebula
It takes a wide view to study dark energy, which also gives us a great look at some nebulae.
If Jupiter's Orbit got Weirder, it Would Actually Make Earth More Habitable
Jupiter has helped sustain life on Earth, but it might have done a better job with a more eccentric orbit.
Colliding Black Holes Provide Another way to Measure Distance in the Universe
Astronomers can use the gravitational waves of merging black holes to measure cosmic expansion.
The Latest Webb Observations Don’t Disprove The Big Bang, But They Are Interesting
New observations from the JWST don't disprove the big bang any more than Hubble did.
Gravitational Waves Will Give Astronomers a new way to Look Inside Neutron Stars
Astronomers can use gravitational wave data to study the interiors of neutron stars, thanks to new gravitational wave models.
Astronomers Have Revealed a Black Hole's Photon Ring for the First Time
Using data from the Event Horizon Telescope, a team of astronomers have calculated the photon ring of M87*.