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The History of the Galactic Halo

The History of the Galactic Halo

by Josh Fuchs | Aug 5, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

The number and luminosity distribution of white dwarfs stars can be used to help figure out the past history of the Galactic halo.

Accretion in Young Stars

Accretion in Young Stars

by Josh Fuchs | Jun 10, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

What might be causing the accretion rates in newly formed stars to remain so high?

Astrophysical Classics: Cosmochronology with White Dwarfs

Astrophysical Classics: Cosmochronology with White Dwarfs

by Josh Fuchs | May 27, 2014 | Classics

In today’s Astrophysical Classic, we hark back to 1987 and the introduction of a new method determining the age of the universe through the use of white dwarf stars.

A Faint Black Hole?

A Faint Black Hole?

by Josh Fuchs | Apr 15, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

The authors report the discovery of perhaps the faintest black hole x-ray binary. But this conclusion is limited by the uncertainty in the distance to the object.

Blank Sky But Not Blank Information

Blank Sky But Not Blank Information

by Josh Fuchs | Mar 19, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

Archival data are able to place constraints on the origin of supernova 2011fe.

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