The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter March 16, 2020
What drives activity on stars? The planet where it rains iron, studying galaxies using slime mold, and how the heat of the Sun could help form ice on Mercury.
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In this week's episode of Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we look at new findings concerning the physics of stars, and we look in on a newly-discovered exoplanet where it rains iron. Next, we will examine a new method of learning about massive ribbons of galaxies by examining humble slime molds. Finally, a group of researchers believe they may have found a method by which the intense heat of Mercury could help form ice on the innermost planet in the Solar System.
On this week’s podcast episode of this show (coming Tuesday, March 17), I interview Dr. Emily Levesque of the University of Washington, about her findings that the recent dimming of Betelgeuse seen at the end of 2019 may be due to a large cloud of dust around that massive star.
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