Ripples in Time: The Transient Nature of Mysterious M Stars
Today’s authors, kick back, relax, and try to understand how some mysterious M dwarfs change over time.
Today’s authors, kick back, relax, and try to understand how some mysterious M dwarfs change over time.
Astrobites is at AAS 241! Read on for coverage of Day 2 (Tuesday).
Today’s authors search for polka dots of concentrated magnetic flux on the surface of a subgiant star.
Four centuries ago, the Sun entered a long phase of low activity. Newly-presented data suggests that the star HD 166620 is now doing the same thing!
As part of our #BlackInAstro series for Black History Month, we interview Dr. Gibor Basri, a pioneer in stellar astronomy (one of the discoverers of brown dwarfs) and the founding Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley!
What does the surface of a star look like? Today’s authors observe ζ And using long-baseline interferometry to find out!