Nature Astronomy, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02315-7 A reconstruction of the light profile for the Milky Way from an internal perspective provides an estimate of the Galaxy’s size that can be directly compared to other galaxies. This property will

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02301-z A subset of seismic events recorded by InSight’s seismometer attributed to impacts was used to derive a new estimate of the current impact rate on Mars. The results suggest a rate higher

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02309-5 Using a sample of more than 2,600 classical Cepheids with precise distances and ages, Huang et al. have discovered that the Milky Way’s disk warp undergoes retrograde precession, revealing the presence of

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02304-w Supergranules are large-scale convective features observed on the solar surface. Helioseismic inferences show that supergranular downflows appear to contribute less mass flux than upflows because they may be spatially too small to

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02294-9 The accretion geometry of X-ray binary Cygnus X-3 is determined here from IXPE observations. X-ray polarization reveals a narrow funnel with reflecting walls, which focuses emission, making Cyg X-3 appear as an

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 21 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02305-9 JWST has revealed unexpected and complex emissions structures in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, above the Great Red Spot. These features suggest that different atmospheric layers are strongly coupled by gravity waves.