8 papers
The world according to the Hubble Space Telescope
Mario Livio
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), in its thirteen years of operation, has allowed us to observe properties of the universe humans have been able, until very recently, to probe only…
Cosmology and Life
Mario Livio
I examine some recent findings in cosmology and their potential implications for the emergence of life in the universe. In particular, I discuss the requirements for carbon-based l…
Panel Discussion on Observing Simulations and Simulating Observations
Piet Hut, Adrienne Cool, Charles Bailyn +3
N-body simulations of star cluster evolution have reached a high degree of realism, by incorporating more and more elements of stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, and hydrodynamic…
Eccentric extrasolar planets from resonant Saturn mass companions
Philip J. Armitage, Mario Livio, S. H. Lubow +1
Withdrawn in current form.
Type Ia Supernovae and their implications for cosmology
Mario Livio
Models for Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are reviewed. It is shown that there are strong reasons to believe that most SNe Ia represent thermonuclear disruptions of C-O white dwarfs,…
Symbiotic Miras can do it
R. L. M. Corradi, M. Livio, H. E. Schwarz +1
Symbiotic Miras give a nice practical demonstration of the formation of bipolar and highly aspherical nebulae as a consequence of interaction in detached binaries. We believe that…