Can a planet change the measured age of its parent star?
If we know a star’s rotation we can calculate its age. But what happens if this rotation is affected by a nearby massive planet? And how much will this change our age estimate?
A Planetary Death Census
Planets are occasionally found swallowed by their dying host stars. Where and how often does this happen?
Visions of the future: A planetary fragment orbiting a long dead star offers a glimpse of the Solar System’s fate
Astronomers discover a planetary fragment that survived the destruction of its host star – offering insights into the future of planetary systems like our own.
A Strange Type of Matter May Lie at the Heart of Neutron Stars
A mysterious type of matter, quark-gluon plasma, may lie at the heart of neutron stars.
Where did the eMSTO go?
A look at how magnetic braking can erase the extended main sequence turn-off feature in old stellar clusters.
A White Dwarf Moving With The Flow
New data from Gaia shows that the white dwarf GD 50 is part of the co-moving group of stars AB Doradus. What does this tell us about the group?