Cloudy with a chance of Carbon Monoxide
Tune in now for the first extrasolar weather map of a nearby brown dwarf, made using Doppler imaging.
A star with a fake ID?
Most binary stars probably formed at the same time, meaning all stars in the same system should have the same age. The authors of this paper analyze a stellar binary system where one star appears to be lying about its age, as one star appears 3 billion years older than its companion.
Compact Galaxies in the Nearby Universe
Small and massive compact galaxies are some of the hardest galaxies to find, but they could potentially reveal how galaxies evolved in the early universe.
Supernovae Photospheres as Distance Indicators
By examining their expansion rate over time, Type II supernovae provide a way to measure extragalactic distances.
Fomalhaut’s Little Sibling Has a Debris Disk Too
A new debris disk is discovered by the Herschel Space Telescope around the red dwarf tertiary star in the famous Fomalhaut system.
The Noble Crab
The Crab Nebula ups its game when it’s found to host the first molecule containing a noble gas to be found in space.