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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Two decades for twin rovers242
Knowing when to stop203
Feedback gets a stellar review194
A rebounding instability194
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope188
Next stop the Moon179
Anomalously porous boulders on (162173) Ryugu as primordial materials from its parent body171
Oxygen as atmospheric thermometer157
Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy protoclusters over 11 Gyr with constrained simulations149
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens144
Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains128
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes121
A new lens for quasar host masses117
Women astronomers in Afghanistan need the world’s support114
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations110
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A110
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks106
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma101
A blazar in the epoch of reionization94
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity93
A radio technosignature search towards Proxima Centauri resulting in a signal of interest90
An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae89
A Solar System formation analogue in the Ophiuchus star-forming complex85
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes85
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles84
Addendum: Phosphine gas in the cloud deck of Venus81
A hot subdwarf–white dwarf super-Chandrasekhar candidate supernova Ia progenitor81
The scourge of harassment in astronomy79
A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean79
Save the Earth… and space77
Odd radio circles ring galaxies76
Analysis of the Breakthrough Listen signal of interest blc1 with a technosignature verification framework75
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s74
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites74
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects73
Accelerated, scalable and reproducible AI-driven gravitational wave detection71
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus69
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data68
Chilean astronomy and climate change68
Exhibition: Reflections on the Universe67
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations66
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries65
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 425865
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud64
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 7161
Settling a cosmic metal debate61
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere61
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological60
Geomorphic contexts and science focus of the Zhurong landing site on Mars59
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates58
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors58
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu58
Evaluation of the InSightSeers and DART Boarders mission observer programmes57
Differences in galaxy colours are not just about the mass55
Planets form from rings55
Creation of inclusive spaces with astromimicry54
IR 2022: An infrared-bright future for ground-based IR observatories in the era of JWST54
Where solar wind meets interstellar medium53
Radio show for rare type Ia51
Using artificial intelligence to transform astrobiology51
Universal bimodality in kinematic morphology and the divergent pathways to galaxy quenching51
Publisher Correction: Diamond precipitation dynamics from hydrocarbons at icy planet interior conditions51
Finding humanity on exoplanets49
Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India48
The highs and lows of redshift comparisons48
Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI48
More or less on duty48
Extensive diffuse Lyman-α emission correlated with cosmic structure47
Determination of the birth-mass function of neutron stars from observations47
Signatures of strong magnetization and a metal-poor atmosphere for a Neptune-sized exoplanet46
Impact mixing among rocky planetesimals in the early Solar System from angrite oxygen isotopes46
The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM45
Formation of rocky super-earths from a narrow ring of planetesimals45
Infant-phase reddening by surface Fe-peak elements in a normal type Ia supernova45
Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-344
Changing-look active galactic nuclei44
Companion-induced accretion in protobinaries43
Ice formation physics explains puzzling observations of CO in planetary birthplaces43
A very metallic gas giant42
Oceans under the light of moribund stars42
Subchromospheric magnetic reconnection on the Sun42
Still hope for the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 c42
Tips for submission success41
Coeval star formation in ultra diffuse galaxies41
High-energy neutrinos from the vicinity of the supermassive black hole in NGC 106840
Chromospheric and coronal heating in an active region plage by dissipation of currents from braiding40
Outflowing with potential39
Radio pulsations from a neutron star within the gamma-ray binary LS I +61° 30339
Isotopes in an atmosphere39
Azimuthal C/O variations in a planet-forming disk39
The use of double-mode RR Lyrae stars as robust distance and metallicity indicators39
X-ray polarimetry poses challenges in Her X-139
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples39
A Keplerian disk with a four-arm spiral birthing an episodically accreting high-mass protostar38
JWST reinforces the Hubble tension38
Where should Chang’e-6 collect samples on the farside of the Moon?38
Forging a way to more extreme scales38
Fast radio bursts that last only a few microseconds38
The carbon footprint of astronomy research in the Netherlands38
Detection of apatite in ferroan anorthosite indicative of a volatile-rich early lunar crust37
An upper limit on late accretion and water delivery in the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system37
Black-hole activity feedback across vast scales37
Author Correction: Possible observational evidence for cosmic filament spin37
An abrupt change in the stellar spin-down law at the fully convective boundary36
Geologically rapid aqueous mineral alteration at subfreezing temperatures in icy worlds36
Accurate oxygen abundance of interstellar gas in Mrk 71 from optical and infrared spectra36
An early giant planet instability recorded in asteroidal meteorites36
Astrophysical constraints from the SARAS 3 non-detection of the cosmic dawn sky-averaged 21-cm signal36
Towards sustainable space research in France35
Transverse oscillations and an energy source in a strongly magnetized sunspot35
Under alien suns34
Optical properties of organic haze analogues in water-rich exoplanet atmospheres observable with JWST34
Slowly cooling white dwarfs in M13 from stable hydrogen burning34
Stochastic accretion of the Earth34
Numerical evidence for a small-scale dynamo approaching solar magnetic Prandtl numbers34
Efficient micromirror confinement of sub-teraelectronvolt cosmic rays in galaxy clusters34
A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers33
Stars not getting away with merger33
Martian water loss to space enhanced by regional dust storms33
60 years of ESO and counting33
Looking for water in arid worlds33
The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission33
Interstellar objects through the X-rays33
As sweet by any other name?32
Auroral energy circulation32
A hard rain’s a-gonna fall (on Jupiter)32
Hubert Reeves (1932–2023)31
Observatories see poor forecast31
On our bookshelf31
A swarm of dusty objects in orbit around the central star of planetary nebula WeSb 130
A magnum opus on the Chajnantor plateau30
Mineral and chemical detail of rocky exoplanet surfaces could be detectable30
The (probable) gas-rich nature of K2-18 b30
Artificial intelligence compels the astronomy community to rethink research identity and redefine excellence30
An energetic hot wind from the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus M81*30
Author Correction: Bayesian analysis of Enceladus’s plume data to assess methanogenesis29
JWST/NIRCam detections of dusty subsolar-mass young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud29
Observation and origin of non-thermal hard X-rays from Jupiter29
Could the perfect stellar fly-by have shaped our Solar System?29
A younger Universe implied by satellite pair correlations from SDSS observations of massive galaxy groups29
Water delivery to a delicate system29
Author Correction: Uncovering a population of gravitational lens galaxies with magnified standard candle SN Zwicky29
Cospatial ice mapping of H2O with CO2 and CO across a molecular cloud with JWST/NIRCam29
X-ray eruptions every 22 days from the nucleus of a nearby galaxy28
Reply to: No evidence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus from independent analyses28
Hypervelocity stars are far-flung28
The Sun’s dynamic extended corona observed in extreme ultraviolet28
Weighing post-starbust galaxies28
Predicted diversity in water content of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs28
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heliosphere28
The faint light in groups and clusters of galaxies28
A galactic pearl in a distorted shell28
Primordial water formed in the era of the first stars27
Open issues for open science27
Shaping Mercury27
The varying accretion at PDS 7027
Author Correction: Formation of intermediate-mass planets via magnetically controlled disk fragmentation26
Low-temperature formation of pyridine and (iso)quinoline via neutral–neutral reactions26
The astrophysics of rotational energy extraction from a black hole26
Seismic constraints from a Mars impact experiment using InSight and Perseverance26
Umbrella-like stellar stream of NGC 92226
Variability of extragalactic X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales26
Weighing galaxy clusters with shocks26
Mapping the influence of massive stars25
High abundances hidden in the dusty medium25
The fleeting, beating heart of the Snake25
EAS 2022 takes positive steps forward for sustainable astronomy25
Reach for the stars and the public25
Planet-sized laboratories offer cosmological insights25
Author Correction: Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays25
An active phased array radar in China24
An exomoon survey of 70 cool giant exoplanets and the new candidate Kepler-1708 b-i24
A new rotation period and longitude system for Uranus24
First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope24
Chemical evidence for planetary ingestion in a quarter of Sun-like stars24
Identification of basins of attraction in the local Universe24
Progress in the development of small-celestial-body anchoring robots24
The dissipation of the solar nebula constrained by impacts and core cooling in planetesimals24
On our bookshelf23
Chandrayaan-3 reveals lunar magma ocean23
Take a break23
Prospecting for primordial black holes23
On both sides of the valley23
Resolving the high-energy neutrino sky at 3σ22
Herschel 20022
A path to net-zero carbon emissions at the W. M. Keck Observatory22
Diverse volcanism and crustal recycling on early Mars22
Dust from the outer Solar System comes down to Earth22
Science at Low Frequencies VIII: how low can we go?22
Planetary research and the search for life beyond Earth in Kyiv, Ukraine22
Giant planets migrated shortly after the Solar System’s protoplanetary disk dispersed21
Evidence of the fast acceleration of AGN-driven winds at kiloparsec scales21
OH as a probe of the warm-water cycle in planet-forming disks21
Communicating astrobiology in words not numbers and with facts not fiction21
Venus’s atmospheric nitrogen explained by ancient plate tectonics21
Radio loud21
Sputnik Planitia as an impactor remnant indicative of an ancient rocky mascon in an oceanless Pluto21
Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze–thaw on the hydration of asteroids21
Fostering activities in physics and astronomy in the Nepali community21
A peculiarly short-duration gamma-ray burst from massive star core collapse20
Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way20
An inherited complex organic molecule reservoir in a warm planet-hosting disk20
A decade of planets20
Introducing QUOTAS as a new research platform for the data-driven discovery of supermassive black holes20
Hunting for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies20
Detection of the elusive dangling OH ice features at ~2.7 μm in Chamaeleon I with JWST NIRCam20
A mini-TRAPPIST-1 system around Barnard’s Star20
How to plan your astronomy research paper in ten steps20
Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations19
Why scientists are longing for samples from Mars19
Double or nothing19
The case for space environmentalism19
Chlorofluorocarbons detection perspectives19
Funding and oversight for diversity initiatives19
The REACH radiometer for detecting the 21-cm hydrogen signal from redshift z ≈ 7.5–2819
How to train your algorithm19
More than meets the eye19
Author Correction: Evidence for a vast prograde stellar stream in the solar vicinity18
Insights into the collapse and expansion of molecular clouds in outflows from observable pressure gradients18
Electrons fuelling chorus waves18
Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars18
Prompt-to-afterglow transition of optical emission in a long gamma-ray burst consistent with a fireball18
Exotic feasts for white dwarfs18
Dwarf galaxies yesterday, now and tomorrow18
Around the hybrid conference world in the COVID-19 era18
A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community17
Exquisite detail from GN-z11’s emission lines17
Evidence of ongoing volcanic activity on Venus revealed by Magellan radar17
Identification of more than 40 gravitationally magnified stars in a galaxy at redshift 0.72517
Haze evolution in temperate exoplanet atmospheres through surface energy measurements17
Seeing Bennu through the eyes of OSIRIS-REx17
NASA at a crossroads17
A subsolar oxygen abundance or a radiative region deep in Jupiter revealed by thermochemical modelling17
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon17
Author Correction: Discovery of a radiation component from the Vela pulsar reaching 20 teraelectronvolts17
Distribution of photospheric swirls17
Dilution of chemical enrichment in galaxies 600 Myr after the Big Bang16
Moon experienced more large impacts than we currently see on its surface16
Quasi-periodic eruptions from a newly active black hole16
Bow shock and Local Bubble plasma unveiled by the scintillating millisecond pulsar J0437−471516
China’s ambitions and challenges for asteroid–comet exploration16
Observationally derived magnetic field strength and 3D components in the HD 142527 disk16
A tilted dark halo origin of the Galactic disk warp and flare16
Large exomoons unlikely around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b16
Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations15
DART impact ejecta yields insights15
The centennial of the planetarium15
A quantum view of lensed images15
Whistler-mode waves in Mercury’s magnetosphere observed by BepiColombo/Mio15
In situ probes of coronal mass ejections15
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