Cryosphere Research update Solar radio waves could help monitor glacier thickness Passive radar system offers energy and cost savings over existing methods Read article: Solar radio waves could help monitor glacier thickness
Stars and solar physics Research update Ancient star likely created from a colossal hypernova explosion Heavy elements found in an ancient star lying on the fringes of the Milky Way were likely produced by a magneto-rotational hypernova explosion Read article: Ancient star likely created from a colossal hypernova explosion
Stars and solar physics Research update Electron capture supernova spotted four decades after first predicted Observation suggest that the Crab Nebula was created by a similar explosion Read article: Electron capture supernova spotted four decades after first predicted
Stars and solar physics Research update Artificial intelligence can spot holes in the Sun’s corona System could improve forecasts of disruptive space weather Read article: Artificial intelligence can spot holes in the Sun’s corona
Stars and solar physics Research update Has Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ finally been explained? Cold spot and condensing gas cloud reduced light from nearby red supergiant, say astronomers Read article: Has Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ finally been explained?
Stars and solar physics Research update Spinning brown dwarfs might have reached their speed limit Astronomers have discovered three new brown dwarfs that are spinning faster than any others found before Read article: Spinning brown dwarfs might have reached their speed limit
Stars and solar physics Research update Sextuply-eclipsing star system is ‘like striking gold’ for star-formation models Rare group of six gravitationally bound stars found in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Read article: Sextuply-eclipsing star system is ‘like striking gold’ for star-formation models
Stars and solar physics Research update Exotic hyperons interact with protons at CERN Study could shed light on the interior of neutron stars Read article: Exotic hyperons interact with protons at CERN
Stars and solar physics Research update Neutron-rich tantalum offers a view of how heavy elements are forged First purified beam of tantalum-187 provides insight in the “r-process” Read article: Neutron-rich tantalum offers a view of how heavy elements are forged
Stars and solar physics Research update Borexino spots solar neutrinos from elusive fusion cycle Measurements confirm theory first proposed over 80 years ago Read article: Borexino spots solar neutrinos from elusive fusion cycle