Blast from the Past: Astronomers Identity the Stellar Culprit Behind Violent Explosion
A new stellar explosion prompts a cosmic mystery!
Through Collision Comes Light: Powering Stellar Explosions Through Shock Cooling Emission
The missing link in powering supernovae? Have a read and find out!
Hot Zombie Stars in Your Area
All that remains of a weak supernova now discovered in the Milky Way!
A Fast, Blue “Koala” Shines Bright in a Distant Galaxy
Relativistic Koalas in space?? What a trip!
Double-Peak and Destroy: Accretion in a Tidal Disruption Event Reveals Itself
We know that supermassive black holes consume almost anything that comes near them. But have you ever wondered how we know when or what they are devouring? Today’s paper provides an answer to that question as the author’s present the first confident detection of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole following the tidal disruption of a star. Find out what astronomers see when a supermassive black hole has star for lunch!