Pub Date : 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02693-6
Di-Chang Chen, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou, Fei Dai, Bo Ma, Songhu Wang, Chao Liu
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Pub Date : 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02692-7
Bin Yue
A new study brings a fresh chance to detect small-scale primordial fluctuations and the nature of dark matter in early stages of the Universe, using simple global 21 cm signal experiments rather than expensive interferometer arrays.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02666-9
Ryan C. Challener, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Patricio E. Cubillos, Anjali A. A. Piette, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Hayley Beltz, Jasmina Blecic, Emily Rauscher, Jacob L. Bean, Björn Benneke, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Joseph Harrington, Thaddeus D. Komacek, Vivien Parmentier, S. L. Casewell, Nicolas Iro, Luigi Mancini, Matthew C. Nixon, Michael Radica, Maria E. Steinrueck, Luis Welbanks, Natalie M. Batalha, Claudio Caceres, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Nicolas Crouzet, Jean-Michel Désert, Karan Molaverdikhani, Nikolay K. Nikolov, Enric Palle, Benjamin V. Rackham, Everett Schlawin, David K. Sing, Kevin B. Stevenson, Xianyu Tan, Jake D. Turner, Xi Zhang
Highly irradiated giant exoplanets known ‘ultrahot Jupiters’ are anticipated to exhibit large variations of atmospheric temperature and chemistry as a function of longitude, latitude and altitude. Previous observations have hinted at these variations, but the existing data have been fundamentally restricted to probing hemisphere-integrated spectra, thereby providing only coarse information on atmospheric gradients. Here we present a spectroscopic eclipse map of an extrasolar planet, resolving the atmosphere in multiple dimensions simultaneously. We analyse a secondary eclipse of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-18b observed with the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph instrument on the JWST. The mapping reveals weaker longitudinal temperature gradients than were predicted by theoretical models, indicating the importance of hydrogen dissociation and/or nightside clouds in shaping global thermal emission. In addition, we identify two thermally distinct regions of the planet’s atmosphere: a ‘hotspot’ surrounding the substellar point and a ‘ring’ near the dayside limbs. The hotspot region shows a strongly inverted thermal structure due to the presence of optical absorbers and a water abundance marginally lower than the hemispheric average, in accordance with theoretical predictions. The ring region shows colder temperatures and poorly constrained chemical abundances. Similar future analyses will reveal the three-dimensional thermal, chemical and dynamical properties of a broad range of exoplanet atmospheres. JWST data show that the exoplanet WASP-18b has thermally distinct regions of its dayside. The authors mapped the sizes of these regions, measured their temperatures and potentially identify water destruction in the hottest region.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02691-8
Kosuke Namekata, Kevin France, Jongchul Chae, Vladimir S. Airapetian, Adam Kowalski, Yuta Notsu, Peter R. Young, Satoshi Honda, Soosang Kang, Juhyung Kang, Kyeore Lee, Hiroyuki Maehara, Kyoung-Sun Lee, Cole Tamburri, Tomohito Ohshima, Masaki Takayama, Kazunari Shibata
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on the early Sun may have profoundly influenced the planetary atmospheres of early Solar System planets. Flaring young solar analogues serve as excellent proxies for probing the plasma environment of the young Sun, yet their CMEs remain poorly understood. Here we report the detection of multi-wavelength Doppler shifts of the far-ultraviolet and optical lines during a flare on the young solar analogue EK Draconis. During and before a Carrington-class (~10 32 erg) flare, warm far-ultraviolet lines (~10 5 K) exhibited blueshifted emission at 300–550 km s −1 , indicative of a warm eruption. Then, 10 min later, the Hα line showed slow (70 km s −1 ), long-lasting (≳2 h) blueshifted absorptions, indicating a cool (~10 4 K) filament eruption. This provides evidence of the multi-temperature and multi-component nature of a stellar CME. If Carrington-class flares or CMEs occurred frequently on the young Sun, they may have cumulatively impacted the early Earth’s magnetosphere and atmosphere.
早期太阳的日冕物质抛射(cme)可能对早期太阳系行星的行星大气产生了深远的影响。燃烧的年轻太阳类似物是探测年轻太阳等离子体环境的绝佳代理,但它们的日冕物质抛射仍然知之甚少。在这里,我们报告了在年轻的太阳类似物EK dragonis的耀斑上探测到远紫外和光学线的多波长多普勒频移。在卡灵顿级(~10 32 erg)耀斑期间和之前,温暖的远紫外线(~10 5 K)在300-550 km s - 1范围内表现出蓝移发射,表明温暖的喷发。然后,10分钟后,h α线显示出缓慢(70 km s−1),持久(约2 h)的蓝移吸收,表明冷(约10 4 K)的长丝喷发。这为恒星CME的多温度和多成分性质提供了证据。如果卡灵顿级耀斑或日冕物质抛射经常发生在年轻的太阳上,它们可能累积影响了早期地球的磁层和大气。
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Pub Date : 2025-10-24DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02690-9
R. J. Morton, Y. Gao, E. Tajfirouze, H. Tian, T. Van Doorsselaere, T. A. Schad
The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere. Its plasma is accelerated and flows out into interplanetary space as a heated, supersonic wind. The details of energy and momentum transfer to the plasma remain debated. Alfvén waves are a favoured mechanism, and in a plasma composed of inhomogeneous flux tubes, the only pure Alfvén mode is torsional in nature. Large-scale modes have been observed sporadically, but a prevalent, small-scale counterpart in the corona has yet to be established. The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has begun to provide unprecedented views of the Sun, with the Cryo-NIRSP instrument delivering coronal observations with a high spatial and spectral resolution. Here the data reveal that the quiescent corona supports torsional Alfvén waves, which continuously twist the magnetic field lines back and forth. The measured wave amplitudes are small but are probably underestimated due to the line-of-sight integration. The results indicate that the waves may carry a substantial fraction of the energy required to power the quiet Sun and solar wind.
日冕是太阳大气层的最外层。它的等离子体被加速,以加热的超音速风的形式流入行星际空间。能量和动量向等离子体转移的细节仍存在争议。alfvsamn波是一种有利的机制,在由非均匀磁通管组成的等离子体中,唯一纯alfvsamn模式本质上是扭转的。大尺度模式已被零星地观察到,但在日冕中普遍存在的小尺度模式尚未建立。Daniel K. Inouye太阳望远镜已经开始提供前所未有的太阳视图,Cryo-NIRSP仪器提供了高空间和光谱分辨率的日冕观测。这里的数据显示,静止的日冕支持扭转的阿尔夫萨芬波,它不断地来回扭曲磁场线。测量到的波幅很小,但由于视距积分可能被低估了。结果表明,这些波浪可能携带了相当一部分能量,为安静的太阳和太阳风提供能量。
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Pub Date : 2025-10-21DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02674-9
By generating natural-language explanations alongside accurate classifications, large language models offer a new way to filter astronomical alerts — bridging the gap between fast automation and human understanding.
{"title":"Human-readable classification of astronomical images using large language models","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41550-025-02674-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41550-025-02674-9","url":null,"abstract":"By generating natural-language explanations alongside accurate classifications, large language models offer a new way to filter astronomical alerts — bridging the gap between fast automation and human understanding.","PeriodicalId":18778,"journal":{"name":"Nature Astronomy","volume":"9 12","pages":"1762-1763"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145382419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-21DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02683-8
Jing Wen, Bingqiu Chen, Jian Gao, Jun Li, Ming Yang, Biwei Jiang
Stars form in molecular clouds under the influence of their local environments, yet the role of massive stellar feedback in either triggering or suppressing star formation remains a fundamental question in astrophysics. The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula—sculpted by ionizing radiation and stellar winds from massive stars in NGC 6611—offer a natural laboratory for investigating this question. Here we present high-resolution observations of the Pillars of Creation using the JWST Near Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument, revealing 253 young stellar object (YSO) candidates. These YSO candidates show spatial correlations with the edges of feedback-driven structures, with overdensities along the boundaries. A weak trend of decreasing stellar age with increasing distance from the ionizing source was tentatively observed. There also appears to be an enhancement in the star formation rate within the past 1 Myr in this region. Such age and spatial associations suggest that while the bulk of the YSOs may have formed contemporaneously with the central cluster, a subset could be associated with triggered star formation. The JWST image of intricate structures—including a spiral-like disk and bi-reflection nebulae at the tips of Pillar I and Pillar II—further highlights the complexity of star formation processes. JWST reveals 253 YSO candidates in the Pillars of Creation, concentrated along the pillar edges with tentative age gradients and an enhanced star formation rate within 1 Myr. These findings suggest that some may have formed via triggered star formation.
{"title":"Evidence of triggered star formation in the Pillars of Creation from JWST observations","authors":"Jing Wen, Bingqiu Chen, Jian Gao, Jun Li, Ming Yang, Biwei Jiang","doi":"10.1038/s41550-025-02683-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41550-025-02683-8","url":null,"abstract":"Stars form in molecular clouds under the influence of their local environments, yet the role of massive stellar feedback in either triggering or suppressing star formation remains a fundamental question in astrophysics. The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula—sculpted by ionizing radiation and stellar winds from massive stars in NGC 6611—offer a natural laboratory for investigating this question. Here we present high-resolution observations of the Pillars of Creation using the JWST Near Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument, revealing 253 young stellar object (YSO) candidates. These YSO candidates show spatial correlations with the edges of feedback-driven structures, with overdensities along the boundaries. A weak trend of decreasing stellar age with increasing distance from the ionizing source was tentatively observed. There also appears to be an enhancement in the star formation rate within the past 1 Myr in this region. Such age and spatial associations suggest that while the bulk of the YSOs may have formed contemporaneously with the central cluster, a subset could be associated with triggered star formation. The JWST image of intricate structures—including a spiral-like disk and bi-reflection nebulae at the tips of Pillar I and Pillar II—further highlights the complexity of star formation processes. JWST reveals 253 YSO candidates in the Pillars of Creation, concentrated along the pillar edges with tentative age gradients and an enhanced star formation rate within 1 Myr. These findings suggest that some may have formed via triggered star formation.","PeriodicalId":18778,"journal":{"name":"Nature Astronomy","volume":"9 12","pages":"1845-1853"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145382420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-17DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02684-7
Jennifer DeWitt, Anita Heward, Nigel J. Mason
Measuring the impact or the ‘value-for-money’ of a research infrastructure can be challenging, but here lessons from Europlanet demonstrate the worth of embedding an Impact Evaluation Officer within the project to document returns beyond the standard evaluation metrics.
{"title":"Insights into evaluating a research project through an impact case study of a pan-European research infrastructure","authors":"Jennifer DeWitt, Anita Heward, Nigel J. Mason","doi":"10.1038/s41550-025-02684-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41550-025-02684-7","url":null,"abstract":"Measuring the impact or the ‘value-for-money’ of a research infrastructure can be challenging, but here lessons from Europlanet demonstrate the worth of embedding an Impact Evaluation Officer within the project to document returns beyond the standard evaluation metrics.","PeriodicalId":18778,"journal":{"name":"Nature Astronomy","volume":"9 10","pages":"1415-1417"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145317885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-17DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02681-w
Bokyoung Kim
Eugene Vasiliev started developing Agama to support both personal research and the growing needs of the stellar and galactic dynamics community. Looking ahead, Agama is set to become an all-rounder for dynamical modelling.
{"title":"Agama","authors":"Bokyoung Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41550-025-02681-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41550-025-02681-w","url":null,"abstract":"Eugene Vasiliev started developing Agama to support both personal research and the growing needs of the stellar and galactic dynamics community. Looking ahead, Agama is set to become an all-rounder for dynamical modelling.","PeriodicalId":18778,"journal":{"name":"Nature Astronomy","volume":"9 10","pages":"1579-1579"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145317881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-17DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02701-9
The importance of small bodies in Solar System studies is not proportional to their size. Due to their variety of types, scope, and link to Solar System formation, they are one of the most active fields in planetary science.
{"title":"Big realities for small bodies","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41550-025-02701-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41550-025-02701-9","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of small bodies in Solar System studies is not proportional to their size. Due to their variety of types, scope, and link to Solar System formation, they are one of the most active fields in planetary science.","PeriodicalId":18778,"journal":{"name":"Nature Astronomy","volume":"9 10","pages":"1407-1407"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02701-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145317888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}