I Survived a Type Ia, and All I Got Was This Kick Velocity
Some type Ia supernovae involve a companion star that somehow survives the energetic explosion. What can we learn from these companions?
Kickin’ It Into Overdrive With Stellar Escapees
Follow along as we zoom through the stars with these hypervelocity stellar survivors and uncover their explosive origins.
Speedy stars reveal a satellite’s supermassive secret
By rewinding the orbits of hypervelocity stars, today’s authors discover something unusual about the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy.
Hypervelocity Stars, TŻOs, Bumpy Superluminous Supernovae, and Pulsar Planets May All Share An Origin
The collision –or even a near-miss– of a neutron star and a main sequence star can possibly explain long-lived, bumpy supernovae and hypervelocity stars.
Searching for Milky Way Intermediate-Mass Black Holes with Hypervelocity Stars
The search for the elusive intermediate-mass black hole continues. Today’s authors present a novel method to search for Milky Way intermediate-mass black holes with the hyper-velocity stars they eject!
A Super Runner in the Milky Way
LAMOST found a massive young star with “super speed” running away from the Milky Way!