The Origins of Blue Stragglers
04 November 2011
Interview with
Dr Christopher Tout, Cambridge University
Blue Stragglers are strange stars that don't seem to fit the standard picture of stellar evolution. A paper published in Nature on the 20th of October by Aaron Geller & Robert Mathieu (see link below) helps shed some light on their origins.
Christopher Tout is the John Kooch-Adams Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, and a fellow of Churchill college. He researches stellar evolution, and gives his perspective on the work.
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