We combine Kepler photometry with ground-based spectra to present a comprehensive dynamical model of the double red giant eclipsing binary KIC 9246715. While the two stars are very similar in mass ({M}1={2.171}-0.008+0.006 {M}ȯ , {M}2={2.149}-0.008+0.006 {M}ȯ ) and radius ({R}1={8.37}-0.07+0.03 {R}ȯ , {R}2={8.30}-0.03+0.04 {R}ȯ ), an asteroseismic

Most studies of the solar metallicity, based on abundance determinations of the CNO elements, ignore the fact that the quiet solar photosphere is significantly magnetized by a small-scale magnetic field with a mean field strength of ~100 G. Here we quantify how this significant magnetization affects determinations of the abundances of these

We obtained high-speed photometry of the disintegrating planetesimals orbiting the white dwarf WD 1145+017, spanning a period of four weeks. The light curves show a dramatic evolution of the system since the first observations obtained about seven months ago. Multiple transit events are detected in every light curve, which have varying durations (

Using 3.6 and 4.5 μm images of 73 late-type, edge-on galaxies from the S4G survey, we compare the richness of the globular cluster populations of these galaxies to those of early-type galaxies that we measured previously. In general, the galaxies presented here fill in the distribution for galaxies with lower stellar mass, M*, specifically {log}({M

Context. Fossil groups (FG) are expected to be the final product of galaxy merging within galaxy groups. In simulations, they are predicted to assemble their mass at high redshift. This early formation allows for the innermost M∗ galaxies to merge into a massive central galaxy. Then, they are expected to maintain their fossil status because of the

On 2015 June 15 the burst alert telescope (BAT) on board Swift detected an X-ray outburst from the black hole (BH) transient V404 Cyg. We monitored V404 Cyg for the last 10 years with the 2-m Faulkes Telescope North in three optical bands (V, R, and i‧). We found that, one week prior to this outburst, the optical flux was 0.1–0.3 mag brighter than