Guide to ΛCDM
In this Guide, we breakdown one of the most important models in astrophysics: the ΛCDM model of cosmology!
AGB stars can have a little PIE, as a treat
Proton ingestion events in AGB stars are thought to trigger i-process nucleosynthesis. Today’s authors construct detailed stellar models to investigate this phenomenon!
Heavy Metal: Actinides from Compact Object Mergers
How are some of the heaviest elements on the periodic table created? Today’s authors look at how mergers between black holes and neutron stars could form these heavy metals!
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, is Stellar Lithium the Most Puzzling Lithium Problem of Them All?
Where do stars get their lithium? Today’s paper attempts to answer this question using lithium-enriched stars and their doppelgängers.
Neutron Stars are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Have you ever wondered where gold comes from? What if it came from the bits of neutron star flesh that dribbled out from a black hole’s maw as it ate the neutron star alive?
Stellar Nucleosynthesis? That’s So Metal!
The authors of today’s paper explore the elements found in five different metal-poor stars.