A Very Long Distance Relationship
Researchers find a brown dwarf at the largest orbit yet discovered. Details on the star and it’s companion in today’s Astrobite.
The Case of the Missing Giants
Red giant stars are bright enough to see at the center of our galaxy, but they are missing. A new study puts stars in a wind tunnel to explore a possible way to dim the lights.
The tempestuous adolescence of circumstellar disks
Massive gas inflow can trigger disks around young stars to become gravitationally unstable, resulting in vigorous accretion onto the star.
Tracing cosmic siblings in the Milky Way
Using data obtained from surveys of stars in the Milky Way and some clever programming, it is now possible to find stellar siblings scattered throughout our Galaxy, and thus obtain invaluable information on its evolution.
The Dwarf that Devours Planets
Astronomers may have finally observed the event that explains polluted white dwarfs and their debris disks.
Disk Destruction in the Trapezium
Sherlocks Holmes investigates the scene of a crime for clues about whodunit. Today’s paper investigates the massacre of circumstellar disks in a star cluster for clues about the cluster itself.