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    Asteroseismic signatures of the helium core flash

    All evolved stars of up to 2 solar masses undergo a helium core flash at the end of their first stage as a giant star. Although theoretically predicted more than 50 years ago1,2, this core flash phase has yet to ...

    M. M. Miller Bertolami, T. Battich, A. H. Córsico in Nature Astronomy (2020)

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    The mysterious age invariance of the planetary nebula luminosity function bright cut-off

    Planetary nebulae mark the end of the active life of 90% of all stars. They trace the transition from a red giant to a degenerate white dwarf. Stellar models1,2 predicted that only stars above approximately twice...

    K. Gesicki, A. A. Zijlstra, M. M. Miller Bertolami in Nature Astronomy (2018)