Today we’ll examine that long journey that matter has gone through, forged and re-forged in the hearts of stars. In fact, the device you’re using to listen to this podcast has some elements formed in a supernova explosion.
What is an axion? How could axions make a star, and what does that have to do with dark matter? What would these stars look like?
Astronomer depend on accurate observations of stars, but there’s a problem. Stars are sneaky. Here’s why stars can’t be trusted!
New planets in nearby red dwarf stars and more about Phaethon asteroids
We thought stellar mass black holes came from stars and that there might have been tiny primordial black holes that evaporated away, but that was it. Closed case. Black holes formed with all the normal structures we experience today. Except that now, JWST’s observations require us to find a way to accelerate the formation of those structures, and one way to do that is to seed the universe with black holes.
Today we have Cheap Astronomy podcast about stars. Do other stars have sunspot activity cycles like the Sun does? So why are magnetars magnetic?
Today #365DaysOfAstro explains how many stars there are. How many can you see with your eyes, with binoculars or a small telescope? How many stars in the Milky Way? How many in the entire Universe?
What do radio waves given off by stars sound like? What happens to the energy that goes into a black hole? More Q&A with @AstronomyCast at #365daysOfAstro
When a Sun-like star nears the end of its life and eventually engulfing the system’s inner planets. Today podcast will discuss about how astronomers caught one in the act.