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What if we put more Helium in Stars? It’s not just a question for birthday parties.

What if we put more Helium in Stars? It’s not just a question for birthday parties.

by Caroline von Raesfeld | Feb 10, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite considers how helium can help boost brightness in the UV region of a galaxy’s spectrum.

In the stellar kitchen: how mixing radiation and magnetic fields leads to smaller Population III stars

In the stellar kitchen: how mixing radiation and magnetic fields leads to smaller Population III stars

by Caroline von Raesfeld | Jan 29, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite considers what ingredients you need when simulating the births of the earliest stars in the universe.

Book Review: Research is Ceremony

Book Review: Research is Ceremony

by Caroline von Raesfeld | Nov 29, 2024 | Beyond, Book Reviews

Research Is Ceremony helps us consider how we can approach our research from a new perspective.

Supernovae in the Super-Early Universe

Supernovae in the Super-Early Universe

by Caroline von Raesfeld | Oct 10, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite explores the star formation history of galaxies in the early universe using chemical signals of stellar deaths.

Quantum mechanics won’t let me have a black hole from light, even as a little treat

Quantum mechanics won’t let me have a black hole from light, even as a little treat

by Caroline von Raesfeld | Aug 10, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Today’s bite explains why we’re not very likely to see a black hole made from light–affectionately called a kugelblitz.

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