Rare 'Pinwheel' Stars Are a Beautiful Astronomical Puzzle
The doomed class of stars named Wolf-Rayets produce mysterious pinwheel shapes
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The doomed class of stars named Wolf-Rayets produce mysterious pinwheel shapes
Colliding dust clouds released by a massive pair of orbiting stars create stunning ripples of glowing dust.
Colliding dust clouds released by a massive pair of orbiting stars create stunning ripples of glowing dust.
Astronomers have a pretty clear picture of how stars evolve as they age.But new data soon to appear in the Astrophysical Journal could alter that view and help solve a mystery about black holes."To find that we had found something that different from what evolutionary models predict was quite surprising and shocking to me," said lead author Erin Aadland, a doctoral student
An astronomer shares his research on trying to watch the birth of a black hole.