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Black in stellar astrophysics

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As part of Black Space Week 2025, five stellar astrophysicists and solar physicists share information about their scientific interests, research projects and personal motivations for working in astronomy.

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Fig. 1: A forest of molecular lines detected towards massive protostellar object G23.43-0.18 A using ALMA.
Fig. 2: Evolution of a coronal jet observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 304 Å channel.
Fig. 3: Solar flare detection and X-ray flux analysis for 27 August 2022, a date identified from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center’s list of Solar Proton Events Affecting the Earth Environment.
Fig. 4: Wave interactions during an X3-class flare occurring 24 October 2014.
Fig. 5: Detailed MeerKAT radio light curves of recurrent novae RS Oph and V3890 Sgr during the last recorded outburst in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa

    James O. Chibueze

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    James O. Chibueze

  3. National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, USA

    Samaiyah Farid

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    India Jackson

  5. CRESST II and Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Teresa Monsue

  6. Institute of Astrophysics & Computational Sciences, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA

    Teresa Monsue

  7. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa

    Miriam M. Nyamai

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