Astronomers have discovered an RR Lyrae variable star inside an open cluster for the first time! But this oddball star just might end up challenging our understanding of how RR Lyraes evolve.
Recently the world has been entertained and inspired by Project Hail Mary and the Artemis II mission, so let’s compare some real and fictional space missions over the decades.
Can galaxy interactions help young and old stars in spiral arms get to know each other? These authors’ simulations may have an answer!
Reticulum II? More like Reticulum TWO distinct periods of star formation! Or at least that’s what new spectroscopic observations incdicate.
Like a bouncer at a nightclub, JWST is trying to figure out if some star clusters are really as old as they say they are …