Article: Massive stars in interacting binaries; proceedings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Interacting binaries; accretion, evolution, and ...
SciTech Book News;  March 1, 2006 ;     530 words ...0735402868 Interacting binaries; accretion, evolution, and outcomes; proceedings. Conference on Interacting Binaries (2004: Cefalu, Sicily) Ed. by Luciano Burderi et al. American Institute of Physics 2005 670 pages $185.00 Hardcover ...

Article: Bullies of the universe: massive stars rob their ...
Science News;  November 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... astronomers have long suspected: Although massive stars are always in the minority, they have ... inside. In stellar nurseries where massive stars are common, these behemoths limit ... condense into planets. "The key is the massive stars," asserts J. Jeffrey Hester of Arizona ...

Article: UC-Berkeley scientists illuminate early years of massive ...
University Wire;  March 8, 2002 ;     664 words ... ... finally put to rest how it is that massive stars -- 10 to 100 times the size of our ... enough to overcome competing forces. Massive stars are created in approximately 100 ... our Sun to form. Illuminating how massive stars are born and thrive is important to ...

Article: New study resolves mystery of how massive stars ...
NewsRx Health & Science;  February 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Theorists have long wondered how massive stars--up to 120 times the mass of the ... The new findings also explain why massive stars tend to occur in binary or multiple ... pressure does not limit the growth of massive stars. Radiation pressure is the force exerted ...

Article: Massive stars can trigger the birth of stellar ...
The Hindustan Times;  August 24, 2008 ;     642 words ... ... provided dramatic new evidence that massive stars - through their brute winds and radiation ... the W5 region," he added. The most massive stars in the universe form out of thick clouds ... new Spitzer picture of W5, the most massive stars are at the center of two hollow cavities ...

Article: Turbulence may promote the birth of massive stars.
NewsRx Science;  March 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... When it comes to the theory of how massive stars form, the devil is in the details ... other region has ample material to form massive stars, but shows little signs of star formation ... fragmentation may also inhibit the formation of massive stars. As a result, some theorists propose ...

Article: Temperamental monsters: massive stars may slim down ...
Science News;  September 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... not an anomaly, among extremely massive stars. Simulations indicate that the first ... paradigm shift in our understanding of massive stars" that may affect views of how these ... California, Berkeley. WINDS OF CHANGE All massive stars lead short lives. The heaviest ones ...