Black Holes Start Merging and They Don’t Always Stop Merging
What can LIGO detections tell us about how black holes evolve? Read on to find out!
Searching for Red Supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Red Supergiants are cosmic engines powering chemical enrichment in galaxies. How many of them exist in our satellite galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud?
You Spin Me Right Round: A Magnetic Avalanche in the Solar Corona
Can a chain reaction in the magnetic field supply the energy to keep the solar atmosphere at a temperature of several million Kelvin?
Our Solar System: Another Planet or Another Disk?
Can a giant, dense disk at the outer reaches of our Solar System explain a perplexing set of observations? Read on to find out more!
Communication with Other Intelligent Life
Aboard the Voyager probe lies two golden phonographic records with information meant for alien life. Today’s bite explores what we put on those records and why.