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!
What do binaries have to do with how your favorite nebula looks like?
![RRow RRow RRow Your [Tele]scope, Gently Down the [Orphan] Stream](https://astrobites.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/streams-320x260.jpeg)
Where are your parents? The authors of today’s paper investigate the origins of the Orphan Stream in our galaxy!
Is it a shell, a cloud, a dust ring? Something is causing sudden and repeating changes in brightness around these stars!
We report on Days 4 and 5 of the virtual events based around the cancelled winter AAS meeting.
Happy Red’s release week, swifties! Today we discuss a paper about RED giants, and how you can tell if they had undergone a merger or not!