Red Giants and Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves, Oh My!
Do you like red (super)giants, neutron stars, supernovae, and/or gravitational waves? Then this bite is for you!
UR: A Spectroscopic Study on Hα Variability
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, Stan DeLaurentiis asks how reliable our Hα measurements of low-mass stars really are? And are they really solely influenced by a star’s magnetic activity?
A Metal-Poor Intergalactic Gas Cloud in the Early Universe
Today’s guest post looks a gas cloud situated between galaxies that seems to lack the presence of metals!
The Ghosts of Planets Past: Determining the Composition of Planetary Remnants
How can studying white dwarfs help us understand the composition of planets? Find out in today’s guest post!
Psst… Forbidden Secrets in Windy Protoplanetary Disks
Forbidden emission lines can trace photoevaporative winds in protoplanetary disks. What will those lines reveal? Find out in today’s guest post!
The Fault in our Star (Populations): Solving the Multiple Stellar Populations Problem with Dark Matter
Globular clusters have puzzled astronomers with the presence of different distinct populations of stars; is dark matter a possible solution to this problem?