Tidal Tugs Shed Light on Binary Companions
How can tides help us find hidden compact companions and yield detailed physics on stellar binaries?
Molecular Clouds All the Way Down
Today’s paper examines if a well-known correlation between gas mass and star formation rate holds on the scale of a single molecular cloud.
Smashing Neutrons: On the Origin of Extreme r-process Enhanced Stars
Heavy elements require extreme conditions to be produced. Today’s bite explores three unique stars that may give us additional clues on how that happens.
Pumping Aluminum: How Massive Stars Bulk Up Galactic Metal Content
Massive stars live fast and die young, making metals along the way.
From a Roar to a Whimper: The Star Formation History of Leo I
Meet Leo I, one of the dwarf galaxies that may help us understand the earliest galaxies to form.