Astronomy Now | March 2026
They are the stars that simply should not exist. Astronomers call them blue stragglers. They are apparently young stars but they exist in the most ancient of star clusters. Known since the 1950s, they have been a mystery for decades. Now, finally, astronomers are understanding what has happened to these stars to rejuvenate them and its opening a door onto a much wider unknown: the evolution of binary stars in general. It is a fascinating story of astrophysical detection work, only in the March issue of Astronomy Now.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Astronomy Now March 2026.