What will happen to Jupiter when the Sun dies?
The Sun will become a white dwarf. Will any Solar System planets survive?
UR: Over-massive Brown Dwarfs – A New Type of Stellar Object
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Dorsa Majidi’s research on what it takes to create a new type of evolved stellar object!
The Ghosts of Planets Past: Determining the Composition of Planetary Remnants
How can studying white dwarfs help us understand the composition of planets? Find out in today’s guest post!
UR: I Spy Transits and Pulsations – Empirical Variability in White Dwarfs Using Gaia and the Zwicky Transient Facility
Today’s #UndergradResearch post by Joseph Guidry is all about searching for variable white dwarf stars!
The Very Hungry White Dwarf
Today’s paper looks at GD 424, a very hungry white dwarf that is accreting planets!
Pulsation At Aid: The First Pulsating White Dwarf In An Eclipsing Binary
How does pulsations help us study the core composition of white dwarfs? Find out in today’s guest post by Yuchen Xing.