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Iron Abundance and the Formation of Terrestrial Exoplanets

by Ali Crisp | Jan 20, 2022

There are still a lot of unknowns when it comes to extrasolar planet formation. Today’s authors take a look at a group of known terrestrial exoplanets to see if they can find a correlation between the planets’ compositions and the chemical abundances of their host stars.

Bringing a Scale Model Solar System to CU Boulder

by James Negus | Jan 19, 2022

CU Boulder Brings New Scale Model Solar System To Campus

The Giant Bubble Driving Nearly All Nearby Star Formation

by Catherine Manea | Jan 18, 2022

We’ve known for some time that we reside in the Local Bubble, a cavity of low-density gas excavated by an orchestra of dying stars ~15 Myrs ago. Today’s authors find that this Bubble’s expansion is driving nearly all nearby star formation.

The Recipe For Star Cluster Soup

by H Perry Hatchfield | Jan 17, 2022

Making a star cluster from scratch is no easy task. Today’s paper addresses the big question: what does it take to get the recipe right?

Understanding the 2021 Columbia GWC-UAW Strike

by Briley Lewis | Jan 15, 2022

Graduate students at Columbia in NYC recently led the largest active strike in the United States—what happened, and what does that mean for grad unions?