Beating the blues – Hot companions of blue stragglers
Today’s paper searches for hot binary companions of blue straggler stars.
UR: The Orbit and Growth of HD 142527B
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover William Balmer’s research on how direct imaging can show us more about planet formation!
UR: The Stars Kepler Missed: Investigating the Kepler Target Selection Function Using Gaia DR2
Using new observations from the UVCANDELS survey, a possible link between recent star formation, merger frequency, and the size-mass evolution of massive, quiescent galaxies is investigated.
Glimpsing Dark Objects with Gaia
Today’s authors work out a full orbital solution for a binary microlensing system, indicating the method’s potential to probe the mass distribution of dark objects.
Hunting for Tatooine: TESS discovers its first planet around a binary star system
TESS confirms its first discovery of a planet orbiting not one but two stars. These systems were long thought to be highly unstable. So, is there any chance for Tatooine out there?
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Smadar Naoz
Today we’ve got an interview with the awesome Professor Smadar Naoz at @UCLA, #AAS237 plenary speaker and Helen B. Warner prize winner! Read on about her journey in astronomy and her awesome work about dynamics.