How to Make “A Star that Should Not Exist”
The low-mass primitive halo star, SDSS J102915+172927, puzzled astronomers because of it’s extremely low metal content. This article aims to answer under what physical conditions can a star like this form.
Making really BIG stars: Embryos of Supermassive Black holes?
Could stars with masses 100,000 times more massive than our Sun exist? Are these the possible progenitors for supermassive black holes that litter our universe today?
Making Baby Discs Around Baby Stars: Circumventing the Magnetic Braking Catastrophe
In this article the authors simulate the collapse of a magnetized, turbulent molecular cloud core to see if rotationally supported discs can form around central protostars.
Making Yellow Supergiants Explode
Could higher than expected mass-loss rates for evolved massive stars lead to progenitors for peculiar Supernovae?
Triggering the formation of the Solar System
Could the interaction of the pre-solar core with a nearby supernova trigger the formation of our Solar System?