Astronomers have discovered an RR Lyrae variable star inside an open cluster for the first time! But this oddball star just might end up challenging our understanding of how RR Lyraes evolve.
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Yanbo Pan’s work on the evolution of blue straggler stars.
Chemical tagging is the idea that using the chemistry of stars we can reconstruct their birth clusters. But can it actually be done?
There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2023 and provided some “peer review”
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Jake Jensen’s work on a mysterious population of stars that appeared in a color-magnitude diagram.
Ever wondered how astronomers study the structure of our own Galaxy from within? Read on to find out how the Gaia mission helps us in this regard!