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Computer simulation of the star Betelgeuse showing its boiling surface.
In our new paper PhD student Jing-Ze Ma (马竟泽) questions the claim that the Red Supergiant […]
Stellar models suggest that rotation can have drastic impact on the evolution of massive stars, but […]
The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP),  an ongoing multi color imaging survey lead by Elena Sabbi […]
Why do stars rotate the way they do?  Nature or Nurture?  Is their rotation rate set […]
New paper Accepted for publication in A&A available on ArXiv. (Sana, de Koter, de Mink et […]
Astronomers have discovered two clusters full of  very bright stars on the verge of merging. The […]
A new study using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has shown that most very bright high-mass […]
Several million stars are vying for attention in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a […]
In this astrometric program we use the unique capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope to measure […]
Bob Hirshon from the AAAS science society discusses the discovery of the fastest spinning star in […]
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview C. J. Evans (UKATC), W. D. Taylor, […]
Binary progenitor models of type IIb supernovae J.S.W. Claeys, S.E. de Mink, O.R. Pols, J.J. Eldridge, […]
Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars II: Simulating a Population of LMC early B-type Stars as a Test […]
Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars I: Grids of Evolutionary Models and Isochrones Ines Brott, Selma E. de […]