Testing a Recipe for a Star Within a Star
A Thorne–Żytkow object is a star with a neutron star at its core. New work examines whether these theoretical objects could be made, as proposed, in X-ray binary systems.
When supernovae explode, they send a fast-moving shock wave into the interstellar medium, changing the local landscape significantly. A recent publication hones in on one supernova remnant to determine how fast it’s expanding and where it may have come from.
Standing on a Sub-Neptune
If you were standing on a sub-Neptune exoplanet, would you be standing on a rocky surface or in a magma ocean?
Astrobites reports on the consequences of shooting an asteroid with a spacecraft.
A Black Hole Family Tree
Researchers may have untangled the complex origins of the two black holes involved in a recent massive collision.
The gravitational wave events GW241011 and GW241110 provide strong evidence for the growth of black holes through successive mergers.
Astrobites reports on the impact of galactic outflows on the formation of stars in the local starburst galaxy Messier 82.
New research suggests that giant planets likely ring like bells after they collide with other worlds.
Gaia19bxc appears to contain a magnetic white dwarf and a metal-poor star in theory-defying close quarters — a configuration seen for the first time in a cataclysmic variable system.