Stark broadening, the widening of spectral lines due to the perturbing influence of electric fields from electron collisions, plays a pivotal role in the analysis of stellar atmospheres. This ...

Transmission spectroscopy during planetary transits is expected to be a major source of information on the atmospheres of small (approximately Earth-sized) exoplanets in the next two decades. This ...

An X-ray emission known as the Fe Kα line, or iron Ka line, is one of astronomy’s most essential data sources on objects such ...

BEIJING, 27 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - A Chinese research team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model called SpecCLIP, which can interpret stellar spectral data from different telescopes ...

The Fe Kα line, or iron Kα line, is often used in astronomical research to understand the physical composition of astronomical objects. This line is produced when a K-shell electron of an iron ion in ...

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- They are stellar systems of two or more stars bound by gravity and too tight-knit to be "seen" by any telescope, yet their light reveals hidden clues, and Chinese ...

Stellar nucleosynthesis is the research area concerned with the nuclear processes by which chemical elements are formed and transformed within stars and related astrophysical environments. It ...

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