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The Backwards Discs around Be/X-ray Binaries

The Backwards Discs around Be/X-ray Binaries

by Matthew Green | Apr 26, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

In Be/X-ray binaries — systems in which a Be star spins so fast that it throws its own matter away towards its neutron star companion — it’s possible for accretion discs to form that spin backwards. What does this mean for the stars?

From One Satellite to Another: Finding Clusters with Gaia

From One Satellite to Another: Finding Clusters with Gaia

by Matthew Green | Mar 23, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

2 new globular clusters detected by Gaia, and what we know about them.

A Binary Companion to a Be Star

A Binary Companion to a Be Star

by Matthew Green | Feb 6, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

A star that spins fast enough to throw off its atmosphere, and a hint at how it got that way.

AR Sco — The First White Dwarf Pulsar

AR Sco — The First White Dwarf Pulsar

by Matthew Green | Dec 23, 2016 | Daily Paper Summaries

New polarisation data confirms that pulsations from a white dwarf system are powered by the same process that causes pulsars.

Settling the Proxima Centauri Question

Settling the Proxima Centauri Question

by Matthew Green | Nov 16, 2016 | Daily Paper Summaries

Are Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri part of the same system?

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