by Jana Steuer | Jan 26, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries
TESS confirms its first discovery of a planet orbiting not one but two stars. These systems were long though to be highly unstable. So, is there any chance for Tatooine out there?
by Briley Lewis | Jan 8, 2021 | Career Navigation, Current Events, Personal Experiences
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.
by Guest | Nov 5, 2020 | Undergraduate Research
In today’s undergraduate research post, the unusual brightness changes of the famous ‘Winking Star’ binary system is used to constrain properties of the disk that surrounds this intriguing system.
by Guest | Oct 9, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
How does pulsations help us study the core composition of white dwarfs? Find out in today’s guest post by Yuchen Xing.
by Wynn Jacobson-Galan | Jan 31, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
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.
by Oliver Hall | Dec 23, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries
Today’s authors check whether twin stars in binaries are identical or fraternal, chemically.