Gamma Cassiopeiae may be hiding a magnetic white dwarf companion
Visible without a telescope, γ Cassiopeiae has stood out for decades because it behaves unlike an ordinary massive…
‘Zombie Stars’ Might Be a Beacon in Our Search for Dark Matter
As physicist Cumrun Vafa once told me, puzzles in science often come in pairs, each serving as the…
NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of…