double star systems
Astronomers discover merging star systems that might explode
Sometimes when you’re looking for one thing, you find something completely different and unexpected. In the scientific endeavor, such serendipity can lead to new discoveries. Today, researchers who found the first hypervelocity stars escaping th…
Space telescope’s new survey of outer galaxy helps Iowa State astronomers study stars
AMES, Iowa — The Spitzer Space Telescope is now taking aim at the outer reaches of the Milky Way and helping two Iowa State University astronomers advance their star studies.
Massimo Marengo, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy,…
Pulverized planet dust might lie around double stars
Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared observatory spotted a surprisingly large amount of dust around three mature, close-…