A high-mass X-ray binary descended from an ultra-stripped supernova

ND Richardson, CM Pavao, JJ Eldridge, H Pablo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ultra-stripped supernovae are different from other terminal explosions of massive stars, as
they show little or no ejecta from the actual supernova event,. They are thought to occur in …

The orbital kinematics of η Carinae over three periastra with a possible detection of the elusive secondary's motion

E Strawn, ND Richardson, AFJ Moffat… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The binary η Carinae is the closest example of a very massive star, which may have formed
through a merger during its Great Eruption in the mid-19th century. We aimed to confirm and …