Rocks Go Wild: How to Make a Solar System
How do you form Mercury, Venus, Earth AND Mars? The answer may surprise you! (or not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Enigmatic Explosions: How Different Supernova Models Yield Very Different Galaxies
Accounting for the uncertainty in supernova explosion parameters can substantially change the star formation history and morphology of galaxy simulations.
You Spin Me Right Round: A Magnetic Avalanche in the Solar Corona
Can a chain reaction in the magnetic field supply the energy to keep the solar atmosphere at a temperature of several million Kelvin?
Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey
Today’s undergraduate research post is seeking to automatically identify variable stars in the upcoming all sky survey, LSST. Read on to find out more!
The Beating Heart(-Shaped Region) of Pluto
Like human, like dwarf planet – it turns out Pluto’s heart has a “heartbeat.”
Spin-teresting Effects of Binary Star Formation
We see that many stars have a buddy star or two i.e. they are a binary or multi-star system. This paper addresses the question: How in the heck does that happen?