UW Astro in Nature: How Blue Stragglers Stay Young

Oct 20, 2011

UW Department of Astronomy Chair Bob Mathieu and Northwestern University Postdoctoral Fellow and UW graduate Aaron Geller explain the origins of mysterious blue straggler stars and why they don’t show their age. For the full story, please read the UW-Madison press release. The work is published in the October 20 edition of Nature.