Astrophysical: High-mass stars

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    Discovery of Two Rare Highly-Magnetized B Stars in the APOGEE Survey
    The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) - one of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III programs -- is using near-infrared spectra of ~100...
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    Multiplicity among massive star population
    Massive stars are often found to be in pairs. This configuration is both a blessing and a curse. From it, we can estimate their exact properties such as their...
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    Sounding the treasure trove - Asteroseismology of red-giant stars and binaries systems
    Understanding stellar structure and evolution significantly impacts our understanding of the tight-knit evolution of galaxies and exoplanet systems. However...
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    Supergiant Stars as Extragalactic Probes of Cosmic Abundances and Distances
    The determination of chemical composition and distances of galaxies is crucial for constraining the theory of galaxy formation and evolution in a dark energy...
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    Supergiants with an Interesting Past
    Exciting things may have happened sometimes to the stars we see in the sky today. For example, Betelgeuse, also known as Alpha-Ori, an M-type red supergiant...
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    The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution
    Magnetism is ubiquitous in the Universe, yet understanding the magnetic properties of stars continues to present intriguing challenges. Recent advancements owe...
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    The Luminous Blue Variable HR Car Just Got Married!
    Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) are massive stars caught in a post-main sequence phase, during which they are losing a significant amount of mass. Given the...
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    The Many Facets of Massive Star Mass Loss
    Massive stars lose mass through powerful, radiatively driven stellar winds. Building on the original "CAK" model for steady, spherical winds driven by line...