Pulsation At Aid: The First Pulsating White Dwarf In An Eclipsing Binary
How does pulsations help us study the core composition of white dwarfs? Find out in today’s guest post by Yuchen Xing.
It Takes Two to Tango: Eclipsing White Dwarfs Push General Relativity to its Limit
The Zwicky Transient Factory (ZTF) observes the entire northern sky and collects data on as many stars as possible. Combing through the light curves of 20 million stars with periodic changes in brightness, the authors of today’s paper found a hidden gem called ZTF J1539+5027, an eclipsing white dwarf binary with an orbital period of only 6.91 minutes.
Separated At Birth: Comparing Chemical Compositions of Binaries
Today’s authors check whether twin stars in binaries are identical or fraternal, chemically.
Spin-teresting Effects of Binary Star Formation
We see that many stars have a buddy star or two i.e. they are a binary or multi-star system. This paper addresses the question: How in the heck does that happen?
Twins for the Win!
How did Lindsay Lohan and Arnold Schwarzenegger find their way into a bite about binary stars? Read on to find out.
For habitability, two stars are not better than one
Nothing is easy when you have two stars instead of one. Under the right circumstances, it can be especially hard to hold on to your atmosphere.