The presence of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters has puzzled astronomers for decades. Today’s paper investigates whether binary stellar mergers could explain this strange phenomenon!
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Yanbo Pan’s work on the evolution of blue straggler stars.
Gaia’s fourth data release won’t be publicly available until the end of 2025. Today’s paper reports a discovery from the preliminary data that was just too exciting to keep secret!
This black hole could have been born without any bright supernova explosion, emitting nothing but a few neutrinos in its formation. Find out how we can tell in today’s paper!
You’ve heard of binary stars, but what about binary planets? Discovered in October 2023, these unusual systems are making astronomers rethink how planets form.
Learn how greedy stars can store overflow matter to eat later in today’s bite
