Astrophysics of Red Supergiants
Enormous, cool stars like Betelgeuse can inform studies of stellar evolution, supernovae, gravitational waves, and more! Dr. Emily Levesque reveals what we can learn from red supergiants in her new ebook.
Enormous, cool stars like Betelgeuse can inform studies of stellar evolution, supernovae, gravitational waves, and more! Dr. Emily Levesque reveals what we can learn from red supergiants in her new ebook.
Astrobites reports on how we might learn about the speed of nearby dark matter by tracking metal-poor stars.
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A catalog of sources has been built using the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), a survey carried out by cameras on board the Hubble Space Telescope.
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An atmosphere has been detected for the first time around a roughly Earth-sized exoplanet.
The prolific Sloan Digital Sky Survey has entered its fourth iteration, SDSS-IV, in its mission to map out both our own galaxy and the distant universe.
Models of the magnetic environment surrounding the seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system suggest that it’s not a pleasant place to be for life.
A large sample of computer-identified variable stars is helping us to trace out the shape and behavior of the Milky Way’s outskirts.
Three planets have been discovered around a star in the nearby Hyades cluster, potentially providing insight into the early lives of planets similar to our own.
New simulations explore the lives of molecular clouds, the birthplaces of stars in galaxies throughout the universe.