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Honey, I shrunk the orbit!
Today’s post describes the discovery of Kepler’s first planet candidate spiraling into its star!
It’s a Great Time to Be an Astrophysician
Betelgeuse faded dramatically in 2019 and 2020. Fortunately a team of star doctors…(err, astrophysicists) have diagnosed the problem!
History lessons from chemical elements
Chemical elements are pretty good history teachers! Today’s paper describes how chemical abundances can tell us about the history of where a planet formed.
One Plot to Rule Them All – A Review of the Skumanich Law
This bite summarizes Andrew Skumanich’s 1972 paper that established the foundation of the field of Gyrochronology.
Shifting our View on Neutron Stars with Gravitational Wave Parallax
Today’s paper explores how gravitational wave parallax can help us characterize neutron stars.
I Want to Know What Gravity Is
In my life, there’s been hunger and pain
I don’t know if I can face it again
Can’t stop now, I’ve orbited so far
To change this lonely life…
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