University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Undergraduate Research

The Tale of a Hungry Subgiant and Its Brown Dwarf

This week, The New York Times, published and article entitled “This Star Just Ate a Planet, and It’s Not Done Yet“. This article features two recent papers astronomy papers. One involving Prof. Melinda Soares-Furtado, “Lithium Enrichment in a Subgiant Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion: A Planetary Engulfment Candidate” and another from WiCOR Members Ritivk …