Teaching Stellar Classification to Computers
How an artificial neural network can be trained to classify stars into spectral types, using only a single broad-band image.
A Binary Companion to a Be Star
A star that spins fast enough to throw off its atmosphere, and a hint at how it got that way.
The Curious Case of Planetary Nebulae in Globular Clusters
Planetary nebulae where they shouldn’t be–how did they get there?
Settling the Proxima Centauri Question
Are Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri part of the same system?
Evolution in the Stellar Nursery
Do baby stars like it hot or cold? Learning about the dusty environments where stars are born.
Getting distances from stars that touch
Contact binaries are stars so close together that they touch…and that might be enough for us to know how far away they are.