Additional Arguments that Aboriginal Australians Observed Variable Stars
Did Aboriginal Australians notice that Betelgeuse is a variable star? Today’s paper provides additional evidence that they did.
Solving Cepheid Mysteries with the Magellanic Clouds
What can the variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds tell us about how they evolve?
Getting WISE-r about Variable Stars
What sorts of variable objects can be found in a trove of infrared data?
New twinkles in the sky
Pulsations are the way for astronomers to probe the interior of stars. Today’s paper announces the discovery of a new class of pulsator stars. What makes them different? And what exciting new things can we learn from that?
Image credits: Paweł Pietrukowicz
Wonderful Miras in the Heart of the Galaxy
The discovery of carbon-rich Mira variables in the Galactic centre could imply the existence of a number of young stars among the otherwise old Galactic bulge population.
Chaos Among the Stars
Some variable stars seem to be “golden”, but is this property fundamental or just chance?