Are White Dwarfs Cool Or Boring?
White dwarfs don’t get nearly as much attention on the stellar graveyard as neutron stars and black holes do.
Are Stellar Zombies Real?
The recent attention on the neutron star merger GW170817 has made many people, who would not otherwise come across astronomy online, curious about space and specifically gravitational waves sources like neutron stars. I love this type of star so what is more fitting than to spread the love. I previously presented you three crazy features in neutron stars, one of them being the accreting nature in binary systems – and these are exactly the systems we will look into here.
Dead Stars Are Dense Stars
These days neutron stars are big in the media, partially because they are such extreme objects. But what exactly is a neutron star – and how do you put something so extreme into perspective? Let’s try.
