UR: Mass segregation in star clusters: nature or nurture?
In today’s undergraduate research post, we see that massive stars are often found in the centers of stellar clusters. Are they born there or do they move there at a later stage?
UR: Constraining the Circumbinary Disk Tilt in the KH 15D system
In today’s undergraduate research post, the unusual brightness changes of the famous ‘Winking Star’ binary system is used to constrain properties of the disk that surrounds this intriguing system.
Parenting planets is a game-changer
How important is understanding the impact of stellar environment on stellar birth?
UR #31: Using electron-beam lithography to improve X-ray gratings
EBL is capable of producing gratings with high enough resolutions to be used in next-generation X-ray observatories.
Pulsation At Aid: The First Pulsating White Dwarf In An Eclipsing Binary
How does pulsations help us study the core composition of white dwarfs? Find out in today’s guest post by Yuchen Xing.