Glimpsing Dark Objects with Gaia
Today’s authors work out a full orbital solution for a binary microlensing system, indicating the method’s potential to probe the mass distribution of dark objects.
What colour are stars really?
How does the human eye perceive the colour of stars? Today’s authors find out— and provide colour codes!
Investigation of Coma Morphology of Long and Short Period Comets
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who observed long and short period comets to understand the differences in their formation.
UR #33: Investigating the dark matter in M82 using the mass-to-light ratio
Today’s undergraduate research post is all about a search for dark matter in the starburst galaxy M82!
Getting to Know Your Friendly Neighborhood Extremely Low-Mass White Dwarf
Meet our neighbor, the closest known extremely low-mass white dwarf.
How to Break Through a Wall in the Universe?
Mysterious emissions are coming from the other side of the wall in a quasar!