Astronomers have found a strange bar-shaped cloud of iron at the center of the Ring Nebula. Ejected material or vaporized planet? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-created-this-strange-iron-bar-in-the-ring-nebula

You're looking at an incredible image of the star forming region Cepheus A. It contains a massive protostar with 16 times the mass of the Sun, part of a recent survey. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/studying-massive-and-mysterious-young-protostars-with-the-hubble

There are bright flashes that can outshine their entire galaxy - luminous fast blue optical transients. What's causing them? A recent event seems to have been caused by a black hole completely shredding a companion star. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-blue-flashes

The habitable zone is a rough estimate where liquid water *could* exist. A new paper suggests that planets right at the inside edge of the habitable zone could avoid being greenhouse worlds. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-new-exoplanets-and-the-need-for-new-habitable-zone-definitions

Part 2 of our deep dive into JWST Cycle 4.

Cycle 4 is out! Today, we start a 4-part series looking at the science that'll be rolling out with Cycle 4, focusing on exoplanets and habitability.