Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators tagged posts

Blue large-amplitude pulsators as a new class of variable stars. Nature Astronomy, 2017; 1 (8): 0166 DOI: 10.1038/s41550-017-0166 Image: Paweł Pietrukowicz

Discovery of new class of variable dwarf star. In the middle of the large Chilean Atacama desert, a team of Polish astronomers are patiently monitoring millions of celestial bodies night after night with the help of a modern robotic telescope. In 2013, the team was surprised when they discovered, stars that pulsated much faster than expected. In the following years, the team that included Dr. Marilyn Latour, an astronomer from the Dr...