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Forever Alone: A Black Hole Destined to Stay too Big

Forever Alone: A Black Hole Destined to Stay too Big

by Ansh Gupta | Dec 23, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

This ancient black hole is far too massive for its galaxy. Thirteen billion years later, it might still be haunting us.

A Triple Black Hole System Caught in the Act of Self-Quenching

A Triple Black Hole System Caught in the Act of Self-Quenching

by Sowkhya Shanbhog | Nov 7, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Three active black holes, tangled jets, and fading light. This galaxy merger is a cosmic drama in action.

Caught in the act: Observations of a merging protocluster

Caught in the act: Observations of a merging protocluster

by Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas | Jun 27, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s bite we peek into a protocluster of galaxies and see evidence for galaxy mergers.

UR: Analyzing Star Clusters in Dwarf Mergers: A Study of dm1529+26

UR: Analyzing Star Clusters in Dwarf Mergers: A Study of dm1529+26

by Guest | Apr 23, 2021 | Undergraduate Research

Today’s #UndergradResearch post by Tehreem Hai looks at a special type of galaxy merger — a merger of dwarf galaxies — and the star clusters within them!

The Eldest Sibling of Our Milky Way

The Eldest Sibling of Our Milky Way

by Wei Vivyan Yan | May 26, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Gas before forming a disk galaxy: To be cool, or to be hot, that is the question.

The Function of Form

The Function of Form

by Keir Birchall | Apr 16, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Using machine learning to investigate whether galaxy mergers trigger AGN activity

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