Masquerade! Dwarf Nova Faces on Parade
ISO classical novae! We aren’t seeing as many classical novae as we expect. Read on to find out if they’re masquerading as dwarf novae!
The Very Hungry White Dwarf
Today’s paper looks at GD 424, a very hungry white dwarf that is accreting planets!
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.
Gaia and the 14000 (white) dwarfs
Imagine going from having data on 250 white dwarfs to almost 14,000 overnight… Thanks to the latest Gaia data release, this dream became reality, allowing astronomers to look for patterns in the local white dwarf population for the very first time.
The Spin-Down Rate of AR Sco is Impossible to Know… Right Now
We thought we knew how quickly the white dwarf pulsar in AR Scorpii was spinning down, but a new study tells us we can’t know for sure.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Adam Riess
To unlock the secrets of the (local) universe, Adam Riess observes the brightness of supernovae and Cepheid variables to measure the distance to galaxies far, far away. Read more about his research before his plenary talk at #AAS231 on Tuesday.