Nature Astronomy

Article	Citations
Next stop the Moon	387
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes	353
A new lens for quasar host masses	318
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope	315
Two decades for twin rovers	272
Life might seem out of whack	259
Mapping of an early quenched massive galaxy and its neighbourhood	181
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes	144
The magic of radio astronomy	143
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A	136
An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae	130
Evidence of radial-migration-driven Galactic disc expansion with a U-shaped stellar age profile	127
SiO and a super-stellar C/O ratio in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-121 b	120
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity	115
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks	115
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens	112
A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean	111
Precise measurement of the absolute sky brightness at 60–350 MHz	106
Small-body exploration with an in situ probe	102
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles	101
Instantaneous jet power measured in an accreting black hole	101
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma	95
A blazar in the epoch of reionization	81
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations	80
Black in galaxy astrophysics	79

Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains	79
A new class of rocky exoplanets?	78
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus	76
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations	72
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 4258	69
Small moons boil, large moons break	68
The scourge of harassment in astronomy	68
Worlds between Earth and Neptune defy a simple story	68
Settling a cosmic metal debate	68
Enhanced magnetic activity in rapidly rotating binary stars	67
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological	67
A call to address humanity’s cosmic footprint	67
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data	66
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites	66
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere	64
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors	63
Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds	63
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu	63
A binary model of long-period radio transients and white dwarf pulsars	61
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud	60
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid	59
A fast X-ray transient from a weak relativistic jet associated with a type Ic-BL supernova	59
Stringent tests of spin-up theories posed by a millisecond pulsar with an extreme spin-down rate	59
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates	59
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 71	59
The dramatic transition of the extreme red supergiant WOH G64 to a yellow hypergiant	58
The future ability to test theories of gravity with black-hole shadows	57
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects	57
Radio show for rare type Ia	56
Where solar wind meets interstellar medium	56
Ice formation physics explains puzzling observations of CO in planetary birthplaces	56
Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India	55
Tips for submission success	55
A very metallic gas giant	55
Subchromospheric magnetic reconnection on the Sun	54
Still hope for the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 c	54
Insights from early life in the 3.45-Ga Kitty’s Gap Chert for the search for elusive life in the Universe	53
Oceans under the light of moribund stars	53
Coeval star formation in ultra diffuse galaxies	53
Evaluation of the InSightSeers and DART Boarders mission observer programmes	52
Exploring the Universe before the Big Bang	52
Chromospheric and coronal heating in an active region plage by dissipation of currents from braiding	51
The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM	51
How Rubin goes multimessenger	51
Publisher Correction: Diamond precipitation dynamics from hydrocarbons at icy planet interior conditions	51
High-energy neutrinos from the vicinity of the supermassive black hole in NGC 1068	49
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples	48
What understanding means in AI-laden astronomy	48
Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3	48
Formation of rocky super-earths from a narrow ring of planetesimals	47

Using artificial intelligence to transform astrobiology	47
Universal bimodality in kinematic morphology and the divergent pathways to galaxy quenching	47
The use of double-mode RR Lyrae stars as robust distance and metallicity indicators	47
Impact mixing among rocky planetesimals in the early Solar System from angrite oxygen isotopes	46
Vigorous turbulence driven by quasar-mode feedback in a cluster core	45
Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI	45
Extensive diffuse Lyman-α emission correlated with cosmic structure	45
Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto	45
Determination of the birth-mass function of neutron stars from observations	45
JWST reinforces the Hubble tension	44
Changing-look active galactic nuclei	44
A tapestry of gravitational waveforms to study black hole mergers	44
X-ray polarimetry poses challenges in Her X-1	44
Fast radio bursts that last only a few microseconds	43
Where should Chang’e-6 collect samples on the farside of the Moon?	43
Black-hole activity feedback across vast scales	43
Under alien suns	42
Slow-moving magnetar a new breed?	42
An early giant planet instability recorded in asteroidal meteorites	41
Starlink will swamp some SKA frequencies	41
Towards sustainable space research in France	41
Spoiling space	41
A Keplerian disk with a four-arm spiral birthing an episodically accreting high-mass protostar	41
Numerical evidence for a small-scale dynamo approaching solar magnetic Prandtl numbers	41
Scientific change demands new ways to collaborate	41
Detection of a septuple stellar system in formation via disk fragmentation	40
Astrophysical constraints from the SARAS 3 non-detection of the cosmic dawn sky-averaged 21-cm signal	39
False negatives in the search for extraterrestrial life	39
Detection of apatite in ferroan anorthosite indicative of a volatile-rich early lunar crust	39
An abrupt change in the stellar spin-down law at the fully convective boundary	38
On our bookshelf	38
Accurate oxygen abundance of interstellar gas in Mrk 71 from optical and infrared spectra	38
Azimuthal C/O variations in a planet-forming disk	38
Four millennia of resilience and renewal through the actions of Iraqi women	37
An adolescent and near-resonant planetary system near the end of photoevaporation	37
The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission	37
Transverse oscillations and an energy source in a strongly magnetized sunspot	36
Megaelectronvolt-peaked electrons in a coronal source of a solar flare	36
Evidence of haze control of Pluto’s atmospheric heat balance from JWST/MIRI thermal light curves	36
Optical properties of organic haze analogues in water-rich exoplanet atmospheres observable with JWST	36
Interstellar objects through the X-rays	36
Efficient micromirror confinement of sub-teraelectronvolt cosmic rays in galaxy clusters	36
Direct detection of cosmic-ray-excited H2 in interstellar space	36
A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers	36
Observatories see poor forecast	35
On our bookshelf	35
60 years of ESO and counting	35
The (probable) gas-rich nature of K2-18 b	34
Could the perfect stellar fly-by have shaped our Solar System?	34
Author Correction: Bayesian analysis of Enceladus’s plume data to assess methanogenesis	34
Hubert Reeves (1932–2023)	34
A younger Universe implied by satellite pair correlations from SDSS observations of massive galaxy groups	33
Mineral and chemical detail of rocky exoplanet surfaces could be detectable	33
Astronomy as a strategic driver for sustainable development	33
Drawing on the full diversity of mind	33
A galactic pearl in a distorted shell	32
Artificial intelligence compels the astronomy community to rethink research identity and redefine excellence	32
Hypervelocity stars are far-flung	32
Author Correction: Uncovering a population of gravitational lens galaxies with magnified standard candle SN Zwicky	32
Probable impact scenarios reproduce the structure of Mercury	32
Author Correction: Dynamical dark energy in light of the DESI DR2 baryonic acoustic oscillations measurements	31
A swarm of dusty objects in orbit around the central star of planetary nebula WeSb 1	31
Cospatial ice mapping of H2O with CO2 and CO across a molecular cloud with JWST/NIRCam	31
X-ray eruptions every 22 days from the nucleus of a nearby galaxy	31
Predicted diversity in water content of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs	31
Concerning the possible exomoons around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b	31
JWST/NIRCam detections of dusty subsolar-mass young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud	31
Evidence for a brief appearance of gamma-ray periodicity after a compact star merger	30
Author Correction: Co-precession of a curved jet and compact accretion disk in M87	30
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heliosphere	30
Reach for the stars and the public	29
Umbrella-like stellar stream of NGC 922	29
The varying accretion at PDS 70	29
Mapping the influence of massive stars	29
Open issues for open science	29
Planet-sized laboratories offer cosmological insights	28
Challenges to detecting present-day volcanism on Venus	28
Why wide Jupiter-mass binary objects cannot form	28
The fleeting, beating heart of the Snake	28
Black in cosmology	28

Weighing galaxy clusters with shocks	28
Primordial water formed in the era of the first stars	28
The cosmos through the lenses of astronomy and art	28
The origins of very-wide-orbit planets	27
A persistent bow shock in a diskless magnetized accreting white dwarf	27
Fluorescently excited CO emission in the 49 Ceti debris disk spatially resolved by JWST/NIRSpec	27
Low-temperature formation of pyridine and (iso)quinoline via neutral–neutral reactions	27
The indiscriminate adoption of AI threatens the foundations of academia	26
Variability of extragalactic X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales	26
Advancing the search for technosignatures	26
Mobilizing the strengths of marginalized students in STEM research programmes	26
Determination of the mass distribution of the first stars from the 21-cm signal	26
Progress in the development of small-celestial-body anchoring robots	26
A new rotation period and longitude system for Uranus	26
Identification of basins of attraction in the local Universe	26
Chandrayaan-3 reveals lunar magma ocean	25
Giant planets migrated shortly after the Solar System’s protoplanetary disk dispersed	25
Prospecting for primordial black holes	25
Planetary research and the search for life beyond Earth in Kyiv, Ukraine	25
Radio loud	25
On our bookshelf	25
Herschel 200	25
A path to net-zero carbon emissions at the W. M. Keck Observatory	25
Introducing QUOTAS as a new research platform for the data-driven discovery of supermassive black holes	24
How to plan your astronomy research paper in ten steps	24
An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter	24
Communicating astrobiology in words not numbers and with facts not fiction	24
A mini-TRAPPIST-1 system around Barnard’s Star	24
The discovery of the first Earth cousin and the search for life elsewhere	24
Metal variations over time	24
Fostering activities in physics and astronomy in the Nepali community	24
Europa’s thick lid	24
More spins needed	24
JWST tracks helium escape from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107 b	24
The size and shape of Jupiter	23
A network of velocity-coherent filaments formed by supersonic turbulence in a very-high-velocity H i cloud	23
Diverse volcanism and crustal recycling on early Mars	23
Venus’s atmospheric nitrogen explained by ancient plate tectonics	23
Detection of the elusive dangling OH ice features at ~2.7 μm in Chamaeleon I with JWST NIRCam	23
Sputnik Planitia as an impactor remnant indicative of an ancient rocky mascon in an oceanless Pluto	23
Double or nothing	22
A post-starburst pathway for the formation of massive galaxies and black holes at z > 6	22
Evidence of the fast acceleration of AGN-driven winds at kiloparsec scales	22
Primordial rotating disk composed of at least 15 dense star-forming clumps at cosmic dawn	22
Evidence of mutually exclusive outflow forms from a black hole X-ray binary	22
More than meets the eye	22
OH as a probe of the warm-water cycle in planet-forming disks	22
Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations	22
Enrichment by the first stars in a relic dwarf galaxy	22
Why scientists are longing for samples from Mars	22
Seeing Bennu through the eyes of OSIRIS-REx	22
Volatile-rich evolution of molten super-Earth L 98-59 d	22
Horizontal transport as a source of disequilibrium chemistry on the nightside of a hot exoplanet	22
Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze–thaw on the hydration of asteroids	22
NASA at a crossroads	21
Quasi-periodic eruptions from a newly active black hole	21
The shape of Jupiter is redefined by radio-occultation data from the Juno spacecraft	21
SOHO’s 30-year legacy of observing the Sun	21
Distribution of photospheric swirls	21
Electrons fuelling chorus waves	21
Moon experienced more large impacts than we currently see on its surface	21
From one exoplanet to six thousand	21
Exquisite detail from GN-z11’s emission lines	21
Observations of fine coronal structures with high-order solar adaptive optics	21
Finding a galaxy in a haystack	21
The case for Mars terraforming research	20
Kinematic distortions of the high-redshift Universe as seen from quasar proper motions	20
Evidence for protostellar jets as a population of hadronic gamma-ray sources	20
Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars	20
A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community	20
The timescale for the emergence of star clusters depends on cluster stellar mass	20
The star-crossed paths of the Milky Way and Andromeda	20
Author Correction: Discovery of a radiation component from the Vela pulsar reaching 20 teraelectronvolts	20
Building a culture of inclusion and allyship for queer astronomers	20
Pulsed radio emission from a central compact object	20
A subsolar oxygen abundance or a radiative region deep in Jupiter revealed by thermochemical modelling	20
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon	20
The Moon’s ice archive that was never written	20
Radiation efficiency of electromagnetic wave modes from beam-generated solar radio sources	20
Evidence of ongoing volcanic activity on Venus revealed by Magellan radar	20
Around the hybrid conference world in the COVID-19 era	19
A dynamically evolved galaxy in the early Universe	19
Observationally derived magnetic field strength and 3D components in the HD 142527 disk	19
Large exomoons unlikely around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b	19
Identification of more than 40 gravitationally magnified stars in a galaxy at redshift 0.725	19
Prompt-to-afterglow transition of optical emission in a long gamma-ray burst consistent with a fireball	19
Jupiter-like uniform metal enrichment in a system of multiple giant exoplanets	19
A tilted dark halo origin of the Galactic disk warp and flare	19
A fast-rotator post-starburst galaxy quenched by supermassive black-hole feedback at z = 3	18
In situ probes of coronal mass ejections	18
Bow shock and Local Bubble plasma unveiled by the scintillating millisecond pulsar J0437−4715	18
Variability and synchrotron emission	18
The case for super-Eddington accretion in JWST broad-line active galactic nuclei during the first billion years	18
Dilution of chemical enrichment in galaxies 600 Myr after the Big Bang	18
The first billion years according to JWST	18