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.
Searching for white dwarf companions around millisecond pulsars
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope show that there are previously unknown white dwarfs orbiting around pulsar companions.
A Cepheid Anomaly
Today we take a closer look at rare system that might just be host to an even rarer Cepheid.
Extreme Makeover: Exoplanet Edition
The past 20 years of exoplanet discovery have unveiled many peculiar planets in the Milky Way. Today’s paper investigates if two classes of these odd planets could be the same planet at different points in their evolutionary history – if hot Jupiters can transform into super-Earths!
Close the door and break it down during protostellar collapse
The process of star formation is exciting. During the early phases, a protostar undergoes two characteristic collapses. Today’s Astrobite explains the two collapse phases and briefly discusses their effects on the “final” product: the second core.
Capella’s Secrets
While you might expect astronomers to already have a complete understanding of bright stars easily visible to the naked eye like Capella, observations have historically failed to line up with stellar evolution theories. Today’s paper revisits Capella with a new suite of observations to finally uncover some of its secrets.