Gotta catch ’em all: the first neutron star-black hole merger detection!
Welcome to the family plot, NSBH! Learn more about LIGO’s two new additions to the stellar graveyard.
Welcome to the family plot, NSBH! Learn more about LIGO’s two new additions to the stellar graveyard.
Astronomers have discovered the closest, and one of the smallest, black holes on record.
SUPERnova fail!
The first ever image of a black hole just got even more detailed
In this summary of a classic paper from 1939, we look back at the very first theory of black hole formation: Oppenheimer and Snyder’s model of a spherically collapsing ball of dust.
In today’s bite, Keir reports on a search for multi-AGN systems. How prevalent are they? And what can they tell us about black hole mergers?