Judging a book by its cover: estimating red supergiant masses from their surface abundance
Can astronomers use core-collapse supernova to find out the mass of their progenitors? Find out in today’s bite!
Stepping into a Supernova
Today’s Beyond post looks at where virtual reality and astronomy collide.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Robert Fisher
As Professor Robert Fisher says, “if Yoda had to summarize Type Ia supernovae, he might have said something like ‘the classical model is a theory that misread could have been.'” What is he talking about? Come to his #AAS231 talk to find out!
These aren’t the bursts you’re looking for
During the search for an elusive electromagnetic counterpart to the newest gravitational wave in town, GW170104, a very special supernova was uncovered. Here we discuss its classification and whether it is linked to the origin of GW170104 .
Meet the Keynote Speakers: Carolyn Kuranz
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 230th AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research.
Waltz across Galactic Nuclei
Stars and gas waltz across galactic nuclei as star formation proceeds. Let’s see how well they dance!