Jure Japelj, Author at Astronomy.com

Rising star in astronomy: Indara Suarez

This artist’s concept shows an odd radio circle exploding outward from its galaxy, passing through neighboring galaxies. Credit: Sam Moorfield (CSIRO).

Understanding the origins of ORCs, odd radio circles

Galaxies, Robotic Spaceflight

How the GOODS fields expanded our cosmic boundaries

Human Spaceflight, Planets

Exoplanets with topsy-turvy orbits found around inconspicuous star

This tornadic coronal mass ejection on the Sun was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on Aug. 31, 2012. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Solar System, The Sun

How astronomers probe the Sun’s explosive past

Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Milky Way, Stars

Astronomers get a 3D look at nearby stellar nurseries

Exotic Objects, Stars

A deluge of blinking lights is changing how astronomers work

Triple star recipe for supersized stellar-mass black holes