Last Updated: November 6, 2026
Stellar Nurseries: Turbulence, Jeans Mass, and Baby Photos
Giant molecular clouds collapse, fragment, and feed protostars behind veils of dust—JWST now peeks through curtains older instruments could only guess at.
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Last Updated: December 28, 2024
Neutron Stars: Cities Where Atoms Surrender
Collapse can leave a solar mass across a city footprint, spinning magnets screaming in radio and X-rays—perfect laboratories for matter at nuclear density.
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Last Updated: June 27, 2022
The Main Sequence: Where Gravity and Light Negotiate a Truce
For most of a star's life it sits on the main sequence, converting hydrogen into helium while heat pressure balances its own mass—quiet only if you ignore the nuclear storm.
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Last Updated: January 9, 2022
Red Giants: When a Star Stops Pretending to Be Small
Core hydrogen exhaustion triggers swelling, shell burning, and a personality shift that rewrites a planet's sky faster than any mythology predicted.
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