‘Mirror’ nuclei help link nuclear theory to neutron stars
Differences in charge radii in mirror nuclei, which have opposite numbers of protons and neutrons, can help constrain the parameters ...
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Learn the trick to finding cannibalized stars
Artist's rendering of a Be star and its disk (top right) orbiting a faint, hot, bare star (bottom left). Credit: ...
How black holes went from creating stars to extinction
The transition in rates of star formation and black hole growth as redshift decreases from regimes where positive feedback dominates ...
‘Old smokers’ and ‘screaming newborns’ among hidden stars spotted for first time
Artist's impression of a cloud of smoke and dust projected by a red giant star. Seen from the left, the ...
Simulations show that exoplanets heated to deeper depths by their host stars exhibit markedly different weather patterns.
Vorticity field at different times and centered on the dayside of a planet from a very high resolution simulation. The ...
Astronomers discover direct link between supernovae and the formation of black holes or neutron stars
This artist's impression is based on the aftermath of a supernova explosion observed by two teams of astronomers with ESO's ...
“Stellar paternity tests” link orphaned stars to their origins in the Milky Way
Credit: CC0 Public domain In the chaotic environment of open star clusters, strong gravitational interactions between bodies can throw individual ...
Old stars could be the best places to look for life
Composite image illustrating the Pegasi 51 system and its measured magnetic field. The detected “weak magnetic braking” of 51 Peg ...
Study of large binary stars reveals new evidence of altered gravity at low acceleration
This figure shows the projected separation range in the sky s corresponding to the Newton–MOND transition range in acceleration. The ...
High-pressure transformation of sodium can tell us about the interiors of stars and planets
Travel deep enough beneath the Earth's surface or inside the center of the sun and matter changes at the atomic ...
