Rapid Microlensing Classification: A Lonely SOBH Story
Today’s paper explores how we can use simulations of stellar populations to rapidly estimate the identity of the lensing object in a microlensing event.
That’s No Moon! The Search for Black Hole Asteroids, Stars, and Planets
If primordial black holes exist, one place we might find them is in binary systems with other objects like planets or asteroids. Today’s paper explores how common these systems might be and the various ways we might go about finding them.
Black Hole, Why Don’t You Come Over? White Dwarf Supernova!
The origin of dim supernovae known as Ca-rich transients is still not well-understood. Could it be that these rare events are set off by an encounter between a white dwarf and a primordial black hole?
Black Holes All the Way Down: New Multimessenger Evidence for a Binary Black Hole Merger Within an Active Galactic Nucleus
In today’s paper, a unique gravitational wave event is re-examined as the possible origin of an AGN flare. What are the odds?
Forget X-Ray Vision: Using Gravitational Waves to Peer Inside of the Sun
What if we could use continuous gravitational waves from far away pulsars to learn about the inside of our very own sun? The authors of today’s paper explore what it would take to make this far-out idea a reality.
