The Case of the Missing Black Hole
A rare triple system consisting of two stars and a black hole was thought to be in our cosmic backyard. Can new observations from the ESO make the black hole vanish into thin air?
From Earth Plants to Exo-plants: Spectropolarimetry as an Agnostic Biosignature
In order to find life elsewhere in the universe, we need to rule out false positive biosignatures. To get around this, today’s authors use polarized light to distinguish plants from rocks!