Polka-Dotted Stars: Searching for Spots on KOI-340
Today’s authors search for polka dots of concentrated magnetic flux on the surface of a subgiant star.
Today’s authors search for polka dots of concentrated magnetic flux on the surface of a subgiant star.
So far, astronomers have no confirmed detections of planets outside our Galaxy. Today’s paper searches for planets of extragalactic origin, from a dwarf galaxy that has since merged into the Milky Way halo.
Happy Pride Month! Today we talk with Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen, a cutting-edge astronomer pushing the boundaries of both science *and* gender.
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Larissa Palethorpe finds a way to get more information out of transit light curves.
The search for exomoons orbiting rogue planets.
Music group or planetary system? Today’s paper confirms the existence of K2-138g, another sub-Neptune in K2’s most harmonious system