When Two Black Holes Quarrel, a Third Rejoices
Put three supermassive black holes in one simulation and let them fight over the center stage. Will there be a survivor?
Aluminum in Action: Are Rockier Exoplanets More Common than We Think?
It is theorized that the radioactive decay of Aluminum-26 could provide enough heat to dehydrate terrestrial planetesimals as they form, leading to rockier exoplanets. But is this effect significant enough to alter how common we believe rocky exoplanets are in the Galaxy? Find out by reading today’s bite!
Transient Butterflies: Fast Blue Optical Transients can be powered by Jet-Shocked Cocoons
FBOTs or butterflies? Today’s paper presents a new model to describe the emission from fast blue optical transients.
Tertiary Troublemakers: How K2-290’s Planetary Orbits May Have Gotten So Weird
K2-290A’s two close-in planets’ orbits are retrograde relative to the star’s rotation. Today’s paper explores how dynamical interactions in the triple star system may have caused this misalignment.
Iron Abundance and the Formation of Terrestrial Exoplanets
There are still a lot of unknowns when it comes to extrasolar planet formation. Today’s authors take a look at a group of known terrestrial exoplanets to see if they can find a correlation between the planets’ compositions and the chemical abundances of their host stars.