Study on Blue Stragglers
Recently, scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, conducted a study on blue stragglers, a particular type of star seen in clusters and also, sometimes, alone. The researchers have found support for one way to understand the aberrant behaviour of blue stragglers.
- For the study, the researchers used the UVIT instrument (Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope) of ASTROSAT, India’s first science observatory in space.
Blue Stragglers
- Blue Straggler Stars are hot, blue, massive stars and seem to have a different trajectory of evolution from the norm.
- There are a few stars that, when they are expected to start expanding in size ....
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