Guest: A Pricey Path to Habitable Planets: Expanding the VLTI to Directly Probe Exoplanets
Today’s authors propose upgrades to the VLTI that will allow us to search for signs of life on distant worlds.
Studying bubbles from the early Universe: an efficient matched filter approach
In today’s bite, we talk about how one can efficiently measure bubbles of ionized gas that signal the epoch of reionization (EoR).
Astrophysical Classics: Hanbury Brown and Twiss Measure the Size of Sirius
In today’s classic 1956 paper, the authors measure a stellar diameter and kick off a debate about the quantum nature of light!
Recipe for a Dusty Torus
Today’s bite will walk you through how to make a yummy cosmic donut! All you need is a supermassive black hole, a little dust, and some observational techniques!
Hiding in the Core: could Intermediate-Mass Black Holes exist in the Galactic Center?
There’s a cluster of stars near the Milky Way’s center whose distribution and age puzzles scientists. Could an intermediate-mass black hole be the light that reveals the mystery?
Movement in the Dust: Detecting Planetary Candidates via Disk Kinematics?
In today’s paper, the authors analyze millimeter and submillimeter ALMA observations of a protoplanetary disk, and find kinematic signs of candidate companions within!