by Mark Dodici | Jan 24, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries
The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in these unique environments.
by Konstantin Gerbig | Nov 6, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
Ancient rogue planet could explain why sednoids in our Solar System follow such unusual, distant orbits.
by Mark Dodici | Nov 1, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
Free-floating planets are hard to explain. Can the messy evolution of tilted planetary systems around binary stars help?
by William Balmer | Oct 11, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
Astronomers still aren’t completely certain how Hot Jupiters form. Today’s paper presents a population level study that suggests HJs form far away from their host star, and are herded inwards by dynamical interactions with coplanar outer giant companions.
by Mark Dodici | Aug 2, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
Dive into the weeds of modeling the small bodies in the far reaches of the solar system.
by Konstantin Gerbig | Mar 18, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
Can binary stars have circumbinary disks that orbits them in a perpendicular plane? Today’s authors took a closer look at this setup and the complex exchange of material between stars and circumbinary disk.