(Mis)alignment Between Exoplanets and Binary Stars
Binary star systems host exoplanets too! But are planetary orbits aligned or misaligned relative to the stellar companion?
Written in the Stars: the Moment our Galaxy Began Boiling
Today’s authors use stellar chemistry and kinematics to identify the moment our Milky Way cooked up its disk.
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[Galaxies sprinting] through the valley
Do galaxies walk, crawl, or run through the green valley? Turns out, depends on the galaxy – but only the fast ones quench!
When good galaxies go bad: a new mechanism for galaxy death
Why are so many modern galaxies not actively forming stars? Today’s guest post by Katherine Lee explores one mechanism that may quench star formation in Milky Way-like galaxies.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Gibor Basri
As part of our #BlackInAstro series for Black History Month, we interview Dr. Gibor Basri, a pioneer in stellar astronomy (one of the discoverers of brown dwarfs) and the founding Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley!
Choose your own adventure: 3 ways to kill a massive disk galaxy
What kills the most massive disk galaxies in the Universe? Their own bulge, a sneaky bar, or a giant black hole? Let’s find out!