Nature Astronomy

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Astronomy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
HXMT identification of a non-thermal X-ray burst from SGR J1935+2154 and with FRB 200428175
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu174
A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino161
Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3–13.2159
A peculiar hard X-ray counterpart of a Galactic fast radio burst147
On the detection of a cosmic dawn signal in the radio background133
Concepts and status of Chinese space gravitational wave detection projects130
Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10129
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates127
An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices126
Molecular water detected on the sunlit Moon by SOFIA122
Hierarchical mergers of stellar-mass black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures118
An X-ray burst from a magnetar enlightening the mechanism of fast radio bursts113
Eccentricity estimate for black hole mergers with numerical relativity simulations110
Internal mixing of rotating stars inferred from dipole gravity modes110
Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback107
A strangely light neutron star within a supernova remnant106
A fundamental mechanism of solar eruption initiation91
Images of embedded Jovian planet formation at a wide separation around AB Aurigae86
Detection of two bright radio bursts from magnetar SGR 1935 + 215485
The sonic scale of interstellar turbulence83
Discovery and confirmation of the shortest gamma-ray burst from a collapsar83
Event Horizon Telescope observations of the jet launching and collimation in Centaurus A80
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s80
First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope78
A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium78
Contemporary formation of early Solar System planetesimals at two distinct radial locations78
Evidence for GN-z11 as a luminous galaxy at redshift 10.95778
HAWC observations of the acceleration of very-high-energy cosmic rays in the Cygnus Cocoon77
Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way77
Baryonic solutions and challenges for cosmological models of dwarf galaxies77
A diffuse core in Saturn revealed by ring seismology75
Highly polarized microstructure from the repeating FRB 20180916B74
Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds74
Micro cold traps on the Moon71
Probable detection of an eruptive filament from a superflare on a solar-type star66
Availability of subsurface water-ice resources in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars65
A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample65
Indications of stellar coronal mass ejections through coronal dimmings63
Planetesimal rings as the cause of the Solar System’s planetary architecture63
The electron-capture origin of supernova 2018zd63
Titanium oxide and chemical inhomogeneity in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-189 b62
Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall61
Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν2 Lupi d with CHEOPS61
The origin and evolution of magnetic white dwarfs in close binary stars60
A peculiarly short-duration gamma-ray burst from massive star core collapse60
Geomorphic contexts and science focus of the Zhurong landing site on Mars60
Potential PeVatron supernova remnant G106.3+2.7 seen in the highest-energy gamma rays58
Detecting fundamental fields with LISA observations of gravitational waves from extreme mass-ratio inspirals57
No evidence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus from independent analyses56
An inherited complex organic molecule reservoir in a warm planet-hosting disk56
Martian water loss to space enhanced by regional dust storms55
Burst timescales and luminosities as links between young pulsars and fast radio bursts55
Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu54
GW190521 as a dynamical capture of two nonspinning black holes54
Evidence for heavy-seed origin of early supermassive black holes from a z ≈ 10 X-ray quasar54
The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission53
Ubiquitous aromatic carbon chemistry at the earliest stages of star formation53
High-frequency heating of the solar wind triggered by low-frequency turbulence53
A unique hot Jupiter spectral sequence with evidence for compositional diversity53
Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres53
A rich population of free-floating planets in the Upper Scorpius young stellar association53
An investigation of spectral line stacking techniques and application to the detection of HC11N53
Weakened magnetic braking supported by asteroseismic rotation rates of Kepler dwarfs52
Evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole from a gravitationally lensed gamma-ray burst51
An extended halo around an ancient dwarf galaxy51
Coupling between the accreting corona and the relativistic jet in the microquasar GRS 1915+10551
A gravitationally lensed supernova with an observable two-decade time delay49
The case for space environmentalism49
Rapid contraction of giant planets orbiting the 20-million-year-old star V1298 Tau47
A disk-dominated and clumpy circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way seen in X-ray emission46
Variable structures in M87* from space, time and frequency resolved interferometry46
A JWST transmission spectrum of the nearby Earth-sized exoplanet LHS 475 b45
The population of M dwarfs observed at low radio frequencies45
The impact of satellite constellations on space as an ancestral global commons45
A rich hydrocarbon chemistry and high C to O ratio in the inner disk around a very low-mass star45
The faint light in groups and clusters of galaxies43
Signatures of strong magnetization and a metal-poor atmosphere for a Neptune-sized exoplanet43
The origin of galaxy colour bimodality in the scatter of the stellar-to-halo mass relation42
A Lyman-α protocluster at redshift 6.942
The REACH radiometer for detecting the 21-cm hydrogen signal from redshift z ≈ 7.5–2841
Diurnal variations in the stratosphere of the ultrahot giant exoplanet WASP-121b41
A very early origin of isotopically distinct nitrogen in inner Solar System protoplanets41
Fermi and eROSITA bubbles as relics of the past activity of the Galaxy’s central black hole41
An X-ray-quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud39
Quiescent ultra-diffuse galaxies in the field originating from backsplash orbits39
State-of-the-art energetic and morphological modelling of the launching site of the M87 jet39
An exomoon survey of 70 cool giant exoplanets and the new candidate Kepler-1708 b-i39
Galaxies lacking dark matter produced by close encounters in a cosmological simulation38
The origin of underdense plasma downflows associated with magnetic reconnection in solar flares38
A hidden population of high-redshift double quasars unveiled by astrometry37
Accelerated, scalable and reproducible AI-driven gravitational wave detection37
Gamma-ray haloes around pulsars as the key to understanding cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy36
A hot subdwarf–white dwarf super-Chandrasekhar candidate supernova Ia progenitor36
Organic molecules revealed in Mars’s Bagnold Dunes by Curiosity’s derivatization experiment36
Most lithium-rich low-mass evolved stars revealed as red clump stars by asteroseismology and spectroscopy36
Estimate of the carbon footprint of astronomical research infrastructures36
A supra-massive population of stellar-mass black holes in the globular cluster Palomar 536
Determination of X-ray pulsar geometry with IXPE polarimetry35
Anomalously porous boulders on (162173) Ryugu as primordial materials from its parent body35
Space science with CubeSats and nanosatellites35
Solar differential rotation reproduced with high-resolution simulation35
Highly ordered magnetic fields in the tail of the jellyfish galaxy JO20635
A snapshot of the oldest active galactic nuclei feedback phases34
Ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves from cosmological and astrophysical processes34
Alkali metals in white dwarf atmospheres as tracers of ancient planetary crusts34
A new class of fossil fragments from the hierarchical assembly of the Galactic bulge34
Delayed radio flares from a tidal disruption event34
Isotopic fractionation of water and its photolytic products in the atmosphere of Mars34
Bayesian analysis of Enceladus’s plume data to assess methanogenesis34
Fast magnetic field amplification in distant galaxy clusters34
Broadband X-ray burst spectroscopy of the fast-radio-burst-emitting Galactic magnetar34
Chemical evidence for planetary ingestion in a quarter of Sun-like stars33
Hunting for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies32
Updated lunar cratering chronology model with the radiometric age of Chang’e-5 samples32
An energetic hot wind from the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus M81*32
Imprints of cosmological tensions in reconstructed gravity31
A concordance scenario for the observed neutrino from a tidal disruption event31
Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters31
The Birth of a Relativistic Jet Following the Disruption of a Star by a Cosmological Black Hole31
China’s ambitions and challenges for asteroid–comet exploration30
The origin of reconnection-mediated transient brightenings in the solar transition region30
Tectonics of Cerberus Fossae unveiled by marsquakes30
Reconstructing the formation history of top-shaped asteroids from the surface boulder distribution30
Evidence for three-dimensional spin–velocity alignment in a pulsar30
Changing-look active galactic nuclei30
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays30
Nested dust shells around the Wolf–Rayet binary WR 140 observed with JWST30
Spin state and moment of inertia of Venus30
Early fluid activity on Ryugu inferred by isotopic analyses of carbonates and magnetite29
Quantum sensor networks as exotic field telescopes for multi-messenger astronomy29
The challenge of satellite megaconstellations29
Haze evolution in temperate exoplanet atmospheres through surface energy measurements29
Possible observational evidence for cosmic filament spin29
Radio pulsations from a neutron star within the gamma-ray binary LS I +61° 30329
Strong toroidal magnetic fields required by quiescent X-ray emission of magnetars28
Evidence for the connection between star formation rate and the evolutionary phases of quasars28
Forging a path to a better normal for conferences and collaboration28
Stellar dynamics and dark matter in Local Group dwarf galaxies28
An upper limit on late accretion and water delivery in the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system28
Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in the jet from blazar Mrk 42128
An observed correlation between galaxy spins and initial conditions28
Evidence for the volatile-rich composition of a 1.5-Earth-radius planet28
Evidence for a compact object in the aftermath of the extragalactic transient AT2018cow28
Solar wind contributions to Earth’s oceans27
Anoxic chemical weathering under a reducing greenhouse on early Mars27
Definitive upper bound on the negligible contribution of quasars to cosmic reionization27
A sublimated water atmosphere on Ganymede detected from Hubble Space Telescope observations27
Reply to: No evidence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus from independent analyses26
Stringent axion constraints with Event Horizon Telescope polarimetric measurements of M87⋆26
Einstein rings modulated by wavelike dark matter from anomalies in gravitationally lensed images26
A fast-rising tidal disruption event from a candidate intermediate-mass black hole26
A roadmap for planetary caves science and exploration25
Cold gas removal from the centre of a galaxy by a low-luminosity jet25
Early terrestrial planet formation by torque-driven convergent migration of planetary embryos25
Deep sub-arcsecond wide-field imaging of the Lockman Hole field at 144 MHz25
Predicted diversity in water content of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs25
A pathway to peptides in space through the condensation of atomic carbon25
Resolving the solar prominence/filament paradox using the magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability25
Observational constraints on stellar feedback in dwarf galaxies25
High-energy emission from a magnetar giant flare in the Sculptor galaxy25
Oxygen isotope evidence from Ryugu samples for early water delivery to Earth by CI chondrites24
Sonification and sound design for astronomy research, education and public engagement24
A likely flyby of binary protostar Z CMa caught in action24
A universal correlation between warm and hot gas in the stripped tails of cluster galaxies24
A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud24
Distinguishing environmental effects on binary black hole gravitational waveforms24
COVID-19 lockdown effects on gender inequality24
Radial-velocity discovery of a second planet in the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary system24
Macro and micro structures of pebble-made cometary nuclei reconciled by seasonal evolution24
Analysis of the Breakthrough Listen signal of interest blc1 with a technosignature verification framework24
Dynamical evidence for Phobos and Deimos as remnants of a disrupted common progenitor23
Millisecond pulsars from accretion-induced collapse as the origin of the Galactic Centre gamma-ray excess signal23
Formation of rocky super-earths from a narrow ring of planetesimals23
Persistent plasma waves in interstellar space detected by Voyager 123
Magnetar spin-down glitch clearing the way for FRB-like bursts and a pulsed radio episode23
Evidence for a significant Kuiper belt dust contribution to the zodiacal cloud22
Closed-form ab initio solutions of geometric albedos and reflected light phase curves of exoplanets22
Discovery of post-mass-transfer helium-burning red giants using asteroseismology22
A Solar System formation analogue in the Ophiuchus star-forming complex22
It’s time for some plane speaking21
An assessment of the association between a fast radio burst and binary neutron star merger21
The impending opacity challenge in exoplanet atmospheric characterization21
Impact-driven disproportionation origin of nanophase iron particles in Chang’e-5 lunar soil sample21
Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis21
High-resolution detection of neutral oxygen and non-LTE effects in the atmosphere of KELT-9b21
A major ice component in Pluto’s haze21
Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations21
The Sun’s dynamic extended corona observed in extreme ultraviolet21
Astrophysical constraints from the SARAS 3 non-detection of the cosmic dawn sky-averaged 21-cm signal21
Torsional oscillations within a magnetic pore in the solar photosphere21
Formation of intermediate-mass planets via magnetically controlled disk fragmentation21
Multi-scale feedback and feeding in the closest radio galaxy Centaurus A20
Five thousand exoplanets at the NASA Exoplanet Archive20
Composition of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres from meteorite outgassing experiments20
Addendum: Phosphine gas in the cloud deck of Venus20
The large obliquity of Saturn explained by the fast migration of Titan20
Discovery of high-frequency retrograde vorticity waves in the Sun20
The future of astronomy with small satellites20
Infant-phase reddening by surface Fe-peak elements in a normal type Ia supernova20
Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu20
Gas dynamics in dwarf galaxies as testbeds for dark matter and galaxy evolution20
Stochastic accretion of the Earth20
The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM20
Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin19
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors19
Coherent radio bursts from known M-dwarf planet-host YZ Ceti19
Compact pebbles and the evolution of volatiles in the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov19
Transforming gas-rich low-mass disky galaxies into ultra-diffuse galaxies by ram pressure18
Mineralogy and chronology of the young mare volcanism in the Procellarum-KREEP-Terrane18
Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar and nebula18
A deep learning approach to infer galaxy cluster masses from Planck Compton-y parameter maps18
The internal rotation of the Sun and its link to the solar Li and He surface abundances18
Low-temperature nitrogen-bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation routes validated by infrared spectroscopy18
JWST molecular mapping and characterization of Enceladus’ water plume feeding its torus18
Ground magnetic survey on Mars from the Zhurong rover17
Fine structure of type III solar radio bursts from Langmuir wave motion in turbulent plasma17
Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars17
A radio technosignature search towards Proxima Centauri resulting in a signal of interest17
Transverse oscillations and an energy source in a strongly magnetized sunspot17
Probing the solar coronal magnetic field with physics-informed neural networks17
A radius valley between migrated steam worlds and evaporated rocky cores17
Overview and progress on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission17
Dilution of chemical enrichment in galaxies 600 Myr after the Big Bang17
The messy death of a multiple star system and the resulting planetary nebula as observed by JWST17
Methane as a dominant absorber in the habitable-zone sub-Neptune K2-18 b16
A ubiquitous unifying degeneracy in two-body microlensing systems16
An active phased array radar in China16
Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI16
Chemical and stellar properties of star-forming dwarf galaxies16
Monthly quasi-periodic eruptions from repeated stellar disruption by a massive black hole16
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries16
Direct observation of turbulent magnetic reconnection in the solar wind16
Understanding planetary context to enable life detection on exoplanets and test the Copernican principle15
Change in the Earth–Moon impactor population at about 3.5 billion years ago15
The role of the cosmic web in the scatter of the galaxy stellar mass–gas metallicity relation15
A calibration point for stellar evolution from massive star asteroseismology15
Geologically rapid aqueous mineral alteration at subfreezing temperatures in icy worlds15
A 5.3-min-period pulsing white dwarf in a binary detected from radio to X-rays15
The magnetic field across the molecular warped disk of Centaurus A15
A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy15
Unexpected long-term variability in Jupiter’s tropospheric temperatures15
Optical and ultraviolet pulsed emission from an accreting millisecond pulsar15
Direct images and spectroscopy of a giant protoplanet driving spiral arms in MWC 75815
Depletion of gaseous CO in protoplanetary disks by surface-energy-regulated ice formation15
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles15
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse seen by the Himawari-8 meteorological satellite15
Salts and organics on Ganymede’s surface observed by the JIRAM spectrometer onboard Juno14
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu14
Gamma-ray emission from the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy due to millisecond pulsars14
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