Stars in binaries can have very unusual evolutionary paths, which can also affect their chemistry! Today’s paper takes a look at one such peculiarity: Mass transfer, and it’s resultant heavy element enhancement.
As part of Black Space Week 2025, we interview incoming graduate student Logan White!
We always say we’re made of stardust, but are we actually made out of our star’s dust? Today’s paper discusses the link between stellar composition, and their host planet composition, in order to answer that question.
Guest author Giovanni Cozzolongo tells us about peculiar pulsar magnetic fields!
By rewinding the orbits of hypervelocity stars, today’s authors discover something unusual about the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy.
Today’s bite features the beautiful red nova, ZTF SLRN-2020, and how its beauty may be the dying breath of a planet.