Sharing is caring: how do binary stars actually transfer mass?
Mass transfer is a fundamental parameter for determining how binary stars evolve. A 3D hydrodynamic simulation enables real-time movies of how material moves from one star to another!
UR: Over-massive Brown Dwarfs – A New Type of Stellar Object
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Dorsa Majidi’s research on what it takes to create a new type of evolved stellar object!
A Nearby Small Dark Unicorn
Astronomers have discovered the closest, and one of the smallest, black holes on record.
Dust Accretion & Double Suns
Exoplanets have been the proverbial apples of astronomers’ eyes for some time now. But what about planets that orbit not one star, but two? Read today’s astrobite to learn more about where and how such planets form!
Discovery of a star yeeted out of the Milky Way
The fastest Main Sequence star yet probably came from the Galactic Center.
Twins for the Win!
How did Lindsay Lohan and Arnold Schwarzenegger find their way into a bite about binary stars? Read on to find out.