Can you tell if a star got too close to a black hole?
The authors of today’s paper study emission lines in a spectrum to determine if they are caused by a star falling into a black hole!
The Cosmic Tale of Star Birth
In today’s astrobite, find out how stars and clusters are formed by looking at their size and age.
Bad T-Tauri Star! No Dinner for You This Orbit!
How hard is it to feed a baby star? It might be harder than you think…
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse: Is it (Supernova)time?
Will Betelgeuse go supernova in the next few decades? This paper suggests so…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, is Stellar Lithium the Most Puzzling Lithium Problem of Them All?
Where do stars get their lithium? Today’s paper attempts to answer this question using lithium-enriched stars and their doppelgängers.
Galactic Evolution – Through the Lens of Oxygen?
In today’s paper, the authors describe and attempt a method to trace the evolution of our galaxy by comparing the ratio of oxygen isotopes in different regions of the Milky Way!