A shimmering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 glows just 13 million light-years away, packed with hot young stars and rare stellar heavyweights. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Annibali, S. Hong A ...
How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's Luke Bouma is exploring a new way to probe this critical question—using ...