Exploring the Life and Death of Stars
August 31, 2023
Professor John Thorstensen and students in the Astronomy Foreign Study Program in South Africa discovered new details about the lifecycle of an unusual class of stars.
[more]Professor John Thorstensen and students in the Astronomy Foreign Study Program in South Africa discovered new details about the lifecycle of an unusual class of stars.
[more]Neptune-sized planet strangely and sporadically burps hydrogen as it circles its sun.
[more]Similar in size and density to Neptune, the planets orbit a young, sun-like star.
[more]Ella Marin '25 received training on a world-class telescope in Chile as part of her research collaboration with Professor Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil.
[more]Quanta magazine article features work by Professor Yi-Hsin Liu and Dartmouth student Matthew Goodbred ('23) illuminating the explosive process of magnetic reconnection powering solar flares.
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