Massive star mergers and the recent transient in NGC 4490: a more massive cousin of V838 Mon and V1309 Sco

The January 2015 outburst of a red nova in M 31

(2015) A. A. Kurtenkov et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

What powers the 3000-day light curve of SN 2006gy?

(2015) Ori D. Fox et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The Persistent Eruption of UGC 2773-OT: finally, a decade-long extragalactic Eta Carinae analogue

(2015) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Numerical simulations of superluminous supernovae of type IIn

(2015) Luc Dessart et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

PTF11iqb: cool supergiant mass-loss that bridges the gap between Type IIn and normal supernovae

(2015) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Nuclear ashes and outflow in the eruptive star Nova Vul 1670

(2015) Tomasz Kamiński et al.   NATURE

The January 2015 outburst of a red nova in M 31

(2015) A. A. Kurtenkov et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Mass Loss: Its Effect on the Evolution and Fate of High-Mass Stars

(2014) Nathan Smith   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

HERSCHELEXTREME LENSING LINE OBSERVATIONS: DYNAMICS OF TWO STRONGLY LENSED STAR-FORMING GALAXIES NEAR REDSHIFTz= 2

(2014) James E. Rhoads et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Stellar mergers are common

(2014) C. S. Kochanek et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

OGLE-2002-BLG-360: from a gravitational microlensing candidate to an overlooked red transient

(2013) R. Tylenda et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Identification of the Long-Sought Common-Envelope Events

(2013) N. Ivanova et al.   SCIENCE

SN 2010jp (PTF10aaxi): a jet in a Type II supernova

(2012) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Light echoes reveal an unexpectedly cool η Carinae during its nineteenth-century Great Eruption

(2012) A. Rest et al.   NATURE

SYSTEMATIC BLUESHIFT OF LINE PROFILES IN THE TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA 2010jl: EVIDENCE FOR POST-SHOCK DUST FORMATION?

(2011) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

V1309 Scorpii: merger of a contact binary

(2011) R. Tylenda et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

DUSTY EXPLOSIONS FROM DUSTY PROGENITORS: THE PHYSICS OF SN 2008S AND THE 2008 NGC 300-OT

(2011) C. S. Kochanek   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEIMAGING OF THE OUTBURST SITE OF M31 RV. II. NO BLUE REMNANT IN QUIESCENCE

(2011) Howard E. Bond   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ASPITZERSURVEY FOR DUST IN TYPE IIn SUPERNOVAE

(2011) Ori D. Fox et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MEASURING REDDENING WITH SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY STELLAR SPECTRA AND RECALIBRATING SFD

(2011) Edward F. Schlafly et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A revised historical light curve of Eta Carinae and the timing of close periastron encounters

(2011) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Explosions triggered by violent binary-star collisions: application to Eta Carinae and other eruptive transients

(2011) Nathan Smith   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Luminous blue variable eruptions and related transients: diversity of progenitors and outburst properties

(2011) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

DISCOVERY OF PRECURSOR LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE OUTBURSTS IN TWO RECENT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS: THE FITFULLY VARIABLE MISSING LINKS UGC 2773-OT AND SN 2009ip

(2010) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

The peculiar nova V1309 Scorpii/nova Scorpii 2008

(2010) E. Mason et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Massive binary evolution

(2010) Philipp Podsiadlowski   NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS

THE NGC 300 TRANSIENT: AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING PROGENITOR MASSES

(2009) Stephanie M. Gogarten et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2008S: A COOL SUPER-EDDINGTON WIND IN A SUPERNOVA IMPOSTOR

(2009) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A NEW CLASS OF LUMINOUS TRANSIENTS AND A FIRST CENSUS OF THEIR MASSIVE STELLAR PROGENITORS

(2009) Todd A. Thompson et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

AN INTERMEDIATE LUMINOSITY TRANSIENT IN NGC 300: THE ERUPTION OF A DUST-ENSHROUDED MASSIVE STAR

(2009) E. Berger et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE 2008 LUMINOUS OPTICAL TRANSIENT IN THE NEARBY GALAXY NGC 300

(2009) Howard E. Bond et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

NGC 300 OT2008-1 AS A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF THE ETA CARINAE GREAT ERUPTION

(2009) Amit Kashi et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

V838 MONOCEROTIS: A GEOMETRIC DISTANCE FROMHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEPOLARIMETRIC IMAGING OF ITS LIGHT ECHO

(2008) William B. Sparks et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of SN 2008S withSpitzer

(2008) José L. Prieto et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution

(2008) A. Pastorello et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY