Research Highlights in the News
We watch as a new Black Hole forms in the Andromeda Galaxy
A giant star disappeared from view in visible light in the Andromeda galaxy in 2014-15. We found it later fading in infrared light and believe that the discovery represents a newly-collapsed black hole that formed from the core of the star as its outer layers sloughed off.
(NPR) (Science) (JWST follow up) (all the news!)
Image: Keith Miller, Caltech/IPAC
A Possible Stellar Companion to Betelgeuse
The massive star Betelgeuse may have a sun-like companion hidden in plain sight orbiting it every six years.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/betelgeuse-may-have-a-betelbuddy/
A star swallows its Jupiter-sized planet: Follow the latest news here!
Public Astronomy:
Touching the Cosmic Scale (Sky & Telescope, Feb 2022, PDF)
TIME Magazine, what is an annular eclipse??
Stellar Mergers and Planet Engulfment:
Astronomical transients from stellar mergers (featured in New Scientist, Associated Journal Article)
The signatures of planets absorbed by their host stars (featured in New Scientist, Journal Article)
A star swallows its Jupiter-sized planet: Follow the latest news here!
The Conversation: A star swallows its planet
Breaking Waves
Breaking waves on a stellar surface,
Nature Astronomy “Behind the Paper”
Stellar Tidal Disruptions
The Feeding Habits of Supermassive Black Holes (astrobites), Journal Article
The Black Hole and the 50-Course Meal (astrobites), Journal Article
What Fed Sgr A* Its Latest Meal?
Binary Star Systems
An “Impossible” White Dwarf Discovered in Kepler Data (AAS Nova)
When a Star and a Binary Meet (AASNova)