Cosmic Cannibalism: When Stars Eat Their Planets
Some stars hide a strange ingredient in their atmospheres: the remains of a planet they devoured. It turns out to be more common than expected.
Too Massive, Too Early… and Still Not Massive Enough?
What if JWST’s early massive galaxies are not overestimated, but underestimated? A bottom-heavy IMF could hide tons of mass in faint stars.
Found in our own Backyard: A Child of the First Stars?
A direct descendant of the first stars! Read today’s bite to learn how the authors found it.
A Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Eating a Star
For the first time, a supermassive black hole is discovered away from its galaxy’s center, exposed when it tears apart a star in a tidal disruption event.
Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars
Are we missing out on a crucial stage of pulsar evolution? Guest author Tibby Finn Leeming shows how a lack of data can sometimes be misleading.
Guest: Fast and Curious: Rotation of Blue Straggler Stars in NGC 1851
What are blue straggler stars and how are they formed? By using spectroscopy, today’s authors explain the link between this question and how fast these objects spin!