Nature Astronomy

Article	Citations
Feedback gets a stellar review	320
A rebounding instability	279
Next stop the Moon	252
Oxygen as atmospheric thermometer	245
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes	228
A new lens for quasar host masses	206
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope	192
Two decades for twin rovers	181
Women astronomers in Afghanistan need the world’s support	171
Life might seem out of whack	143
Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains	137
Mapping of an early quenched massive galaxy and its neighbourhood	123
Small-body exploration with an in situ probe	115
Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy protoclusters over 11 Gyr with constrained simulations	113
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes	112
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A	107
An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae	102
A blazar in the epoch of reionization	101
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles	96
SiO and a super-stellar C/O ratio in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-121 b	93
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks	92
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens	89
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma	85
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity	82
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations	81

A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean	77
Black in galaxy astrophysics	77
A new class of rocky exoplanets?	76
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus	75
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data	75
Chilean astronomy and climate change	73
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations	71
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 4258	69
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere	68
The scourge of harassment in astronomy	67
Settling a cosmic metal debate	67
Save the Earth… and space	65
Odd radio circles ring galaxies	64
A call to address humanity’s cosmic footprint	63
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 71	63
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu	63
Enhanced magnetic activity in rapidly rotating binary stars	62
The future ability to test theories of gravity with black-hole shadows	62
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries	61
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological	60
Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds	60
Small moons boil, large moons break	59
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites	58
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud	57
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects	56
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates	56
A fast X-ray transient from a weak relativistic jet associated with a type Ic-BL supernova	55
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s	55
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors	54
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid	54
Radio show for rare type Ia	54
Creation of inclusive spaces with astromimicry	53
Publisher Correction: Diamond precipitation dynamics from hydrocarbons at icy planet interior conditions	53
IR 2022: An infrared-bright future for ground-based IR observatories in the era of JWST	52
Chromospheric and coronal heating in an active region plage by dissipation of currents from braiding	51
Where solar wind meets interstellar medium	51
Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India	50
Companion-induced accretion in protobinaries	50
Tips for submission success	50
Ice formation physics explains puzzling observations of CO in planetary birthplaces	50
A very metallic gas giant	50
Still hope for the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 c	49
Subchromospheric magnetic reconnection on the Sun	49
Oceans under the light of moribund stars	49
The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM	48
Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI	48
Exploring the Universe before the Big Bang	48
Impact mixing among rocky planetesimals in the early Solar System from angrite oxygen isotopes	48
Coeval star formation in ultra diffuse galaxies	48
High-energy neutrinos from the vicinity of the supermassive black hole in NGC 1068	47

Radio pulsations from a neutron star within the gamma-ray binary LS I +61° 303	47
Changing-look active galactic nuclei	47
Universal bimodality in kinematic morphology and the divergent pathways to galaxy quenching	47
Extensive diffuse Lyman-α emission correlated with cosmic structure	47
The use of double-mode RR Lyrae stars as robust distance and metallicity indicators	46
Infant-phase reddening by surface Fe-peak elements in a normal type Ia supernova	46
Insights from early life in the 3.45-Ga Kitty’s Gap Chert for the search for elusive life in the Universe	46
Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3	45
Evaluation of the InSightSeers and DART Boarders mission observer programmes	44
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples	44
Using artificial intelligence to transform astrobiology	44
Determination of the birth-mass function of neutron stars from observations	44
Formation of rocky super-earths from a narrow ring of planetesimals	44
Where should Chang’e-6 collect samples on the farside of the Moon?	43
X-ray polarimetry poses challenges in Her X-1	43
JWST reinforces the Hubble tension	43
A tapestry of gravitational waveforms to study black hole mergers	43
Fast radio bursts that last only a few microseconds	42
Spoiling space	41
Black-hole activity feedback across vast scales	41
Scientific change demands new ways to collaborate	41
Under alien suns	41
Slow-moving magnetar a new breed?	41
Towards sustainable space research in France	40
The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission	40
Starlink will swamp some SKA frequencies	40
A Keplerian disk with a four-arm spiral birthing an episodically accreting high-mass protostar	39
Accurate oxygen abundance of interstellar gas in Mrk 71 from optical and infrared spectra	39
An abrupt change in the stellar spin-down law at the fully convective boundary	39
Numerical evidence for a small-scale dynamo approaching solar magnetic Prandtl numbers	39
Geologically rapid aqueous mineral alteration at subfreezing temperatures in icy worlds	39
Detection of apatite in ferroan anorthosite indicative of a volatile-rich early lunar crust	38
Stochastic accretion of the Earth	38
Transverse oscillations and an energy source in a strongly magnetized sunspot	38
Efficient micromirror confinement of sub-teraelectronvolt cosmic rays in galaxy clusters	37
Detection of a septuple stellar system in formation via disk fragmentation	37
Optical properties of organic haze analogues in water-rich exoplanet atmospheres observable with JWST	37
Evidence of haze control of Pluto’s atmospheric heat balance from JWST/MIRI thermal light curves	37
Azimuthal C/O variations in a planet-forming disk	36
An early giant planet instability recorded in asteroidal meteorites	36
A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers	36
Astrophysical constraints from the SARAS 3 non-detection of the cosmic dawn sky-averaged 21-cm signal	36
Looking for water in arid worlds	35
60 years of ESO and counting	35
Interstellar objects through the X-rays	35
On our bookshelf	35
Author Correction: Bayesian analysis of Enceladus’s plume data to assess methanogenesis	34
Hubert Reeves (1932–2023)	34
Observatories see poor forecast	34
Author Correction: Uncovering a population of gravitational lens galaxies with magnified standard candle SN Zwicky	33
Could the perfect stellar fly-by have shaped our Solar System?	33
The (probable) gas-rich nature of K2-18 b	33
Artificial intelligence compels the astronomy community to rethink research identity and redefine excellence	33
A younger Universe implied by satellite pair correlations from SDSS observations of massive galaxy groups	33
Astronomy as a strategic driver for sustainable development	32
Mineral and chemical detail of rocky exoplanet surfaces could be detectable	32
Predicted diversity in water content of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs	32
Probable impact scenarios reproduce the structure of Mercury	32
Author Correction: Co-precession of a curved jet and compact accretion disk in M87	32
Observation and origin of non-thermal hard X-rays from Jupiter	31
JWST/NIRCam detections of dusty subsolar-mass young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud	31
Hypervelocity stars are far-flung	31
X-ray eruptions every 22 days from the nucleus of a nearby galaxy	31
A galactic pearl in a distorted shell	31
Evidence for a brief appearance of gamma-ray periodicity after a compact star merger	31
A swarm of dusty objects in orbit around the central star of planetary nebula WeSb 1	30
Drawing on the full diversity of mind	30
Author Correction: Dynamical dark energy in light of the DESI DR2 baryonic acoustic oscillations measurements	30
Open issues for open science	29
Concerning the possible exomoons around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b	29
Cospatial ice mapping of H2O with CO2 and CO across a molecular cloud with JWST/NIRCam	29
Reach for the stars and the public	29
Shaping Mercury	29
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heliosphere	29
The varying accretion at PDS 70	29
Umbrella-like stellar stream of NGC 922	29
The faint light in groups and clusters of galaxies	29
High abundances hidden in the dusty medium	28
Weighing galaxy clusters with shocks	28
EAS 2022 takes positive steps forward for sustainable astronomy	28

Author Correction: Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays	28
Mapping the influence of massive stars	28
The fleeting, beating heart of the Snake	27
Black in cosmology	27
Planet-sized laboratories offer cosmological insights	27
Primordial water formed in the era of the first stars	27
Fluorescently excited CO emission in the 49 Ceti debris disk spatially resolved by JWST/NIRSpec	26
The cosmos through the lenses of astronomy and art	26
Variability of extragalactic X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales	26
The origins of very-wide-orbit planets	26
Determination of the mass distribution of the first stars from the 21-cm signal	26
Identification of basins of attraction in the local Universe	26
The indiscriminate adoption of AI threatens the foundations of academia	25
An active phased array radar in China	25
Mobilizing the strengths of marginalized students in STEM research programmes	25
Why wide Jupiter-mass binary objects cannot form	25
Progress in the development of small-celestial-body anchoring robots	25
Low-temperature formation of pyridine and (iso)quinoline via neutral–neutral reactions	25
A new rotation period and longitude system for Uranus	25
The dissipation of the solar nebula constrained by impacts and core cooling in planetesimals	24
On our bookshelf	24
Chandrayaan-3 reveals lunar magma ocean	24
Giant planets migrated shortly after the Solar System’s protoplanetary disk dispersed	24
An exomoon survey of 70 cool giant exoplanets and the new candidate Kepler-1708 b-i	24
Dust from the outer Solar System comes down to Earth	24
Science at Low Frequencies VIII: how low can we go?	24
Planetary research and the search for life beyond Earth in Kyiv, Ukraine	24
Prospecting for primordial black holes	24
Herschel 200	24
A path to net-zero carbon emissions at the W. M. Keck Observatory	24
Sputnik Planitia as an impactor remnant indicative of an ancient rocky mascon in an oceanless Pluto	23
JWST tracks helium escape from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107 b	23
Radio loud	23
A decade of planets	23
Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze–thaw on the hydration of asteroids	23
Communicating astrobiology in words not numbers and with facts not fiction	23
Fostering activities in physics and astronomy in the Nepali community	23
Introducing QUOTAS as a new research platform for the data-driven discovery of supermassive black holes	23
Detection of the elusive dangling OH ice features at ~2.7 μm in Chamaeleon I with JWST NIRCam	23
A mini-TRAPPIST-1 system around Barnard’s Star	23
How to plan your astronomy research paper in ten steps	23
Venus’s atmospheric nitrogen explained by ancient plate tectonics	22
The discovery of the first Earth cousin and the search for life elsewhere	22
A post-starburst pathway for the formation of massive galaxies and black holes at z > 6	22
A network of velocity-coherent filaments formed by supersonic turbulence in a very-high-velocity H i cloud	22
Evidence of the fast acceleration of AGN-driven winds at kiloparsec scales	22
OH as a probe of the warm-water cycle in planet-forming disks	22
More spins needed	22
Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations	22
Primordial rotating disk composed of at least 15 dense star-forming clumps at cosmic dawn	21
The case for space environmentalism	21
Why scientists are longing for samples from Mars	21
Europa’s thick lid	21
The REACH radiometer for detecting the 21-cm hydrogen signal from redshift z ≈ 7.5–28	21
Diverse volcanism and crustal recycling on early Mars	21
Hunting for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies	21
Chlorofluorocarbons detection perspectives	21
Funding and oversight for diversity initiatives	20
More than meets the eye	20
Distribution of photospheric swirls	20
Quasi-periodic eruptions from a newly active black hole	20
Double or nothing	20
Author Correction: Discovery of a radiation component from the Vela pulsar reaching 20 teraelectronvolts	20
Exquisite detail from GN-z11’s emission lines	20
NASA at a crossroads	20
Seeing Bennu through the eyes of OSIRIS-REx	20
How to train your algorithm	20
Electrons fuelling chorus waves	20
Prompt-to-afterglow transition of optical emission in a long gamma-ray burst consistent with a fireball	20
Moon experienced more large impacts than we currently see on its surface	19
Bow shock and Local Bubble plasma unveiled by the scintillating millisecond pulsar J0437−4715	19
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon	19
Kinematic distortions of the high-redshift Universe as seen from quasar proper motions	19
Around the hybrid conference world in the COVID-19 era	19
Evidence of ongoing volcanic activity on Venus revealed by Magellan radar	19
A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community	19
The star-crossed paths of the Milky Way and Andromeda	19
SOHO’s 30-year legacy of observing the Sun	19
Observationally derived magnetic field strength and 3D components in the HD 142527 disk	18
Author Correction: Evidence for a vast prograde stellar stream in the solar vicinity	18
Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars	18
From one exoplanet to six thousand	18
Radiation efficiency of electromagnetic wave modes from beam-generated solar radio sources	18
A subsolar oxygen abundance or a radiative region deep in Jupiter revealed by thermochemical modelling	18
Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters	18
The case for Mars terraforming research	18
Dilution of chemical enrichment in galaxies 600 Myr after the Big Bang	18
Observations of fine coronal structures with high-order solar adaptive optics	18
A tilted dark halo origin of the Galactic disk warp and flare	18
The centennial of the planetarium	17
H is for hydrocarbon	17
DART impact ejecta yields insights	17
Variability and synchrotron emission	17
A quantum view of lensed images	17
Black in stellar astrophysics	17