Astrophysicists are closing in on one of the strangest possibilities in stellar evolution, a compact remnant that might sit ...

Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

What can binary stars comprised of two different types of stars teach astronomers about stellar evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team ...

The evolution of stars and their interactions with compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, remain pivotal in our understanding of the cosmos. Stellar evolution describes the life ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This presentation focuses on understanding the process of stellar evolution by using a series of materials, resources and investigations ...

This image from the ALMA telescope shows star system HD101584 and the complex gas clouds surrounding the binary. It is the result of a pair of stars sharing a common outer layer during their last ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This presentation focuses on understanding the process of stellar evolution by using a series of materials, resources and investigations ...