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Defining Gravity: Can Wide Binaries be a Definitive Test of Modified Newtonian Gravity Theories?

Defining Gravity: Can Wide Binaries be a Definitive Test of Modified Newtonian Gravity Theories?

by Aldo Panfichi | Jul 23, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper posits that precise observations of wide binaries can be used, in conjunction with simulations, to test the validity of modified gravity theories!

The First Inference of A Magnetic Field Inside A Main Sequence Star

The First Inference of A Magnetic Field Inside A Main Sequence Star

by Lindsay DeMarchi | Jul 19, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

History has been made! The first magnetic field inside a main-sequence star has been measured!

Interview with Prof. Alicia Aarnio, Assistant Professor and AAS WGAD Founding Member

Interview with Prof. Alicia Aarnio, Assistant Professor and AAS WGAD Founding Member

by Briley Lewis | Jul 15, 2022 | Accessibility, Career Navigation, Interviews, Personal Experiences

An interview with Professor Alicia Aarnio, founding member of AAS WGAD, talking about her stellar science, and the joy and rage of navigating science with a disability.

The bared minimum: Revealing a new phase of stellar activity in HD 166620

The bared minimum: Revealing a new phase of stellar activity in HD 166620

by Graham Doskoch | Jul 13, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Four centuries ago, the Sun entered a long phase of low activity. Newly-presented data suggests that the star HD 166620 is now doing the same thing!

(almost) No Time (for stars) to Die

(almost) No Time (for stars) to Die

by Sahil Hegde | Jun 27, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

How long does it take for a star’s core to collapse in a supernova explosion? Today’s authors use observations to place new constraints on the explosion timescale!

Tell me the velocity of a star without telling me its velocity

Tell me the velocity of a star without telling me its velocity

by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Jun 1, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Stars like hiding their ages! In today’s paper, the authors inferred velocities of thousands of stars, which will help to determine their ages!

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