From Dust Bunnies to Black Holes: Oppenheimer-Snyder Collapse
In this summary of a classic paper from 1939, we look back at the very first theory of black hole formation: Oppenheimer and Snyder’s model of a spherically collapsing ball of dust.
Ironing out Infinities with the Conformal Diagram
In today’s classic paper – Nobel laureate Roger Penrose fits the whole universe on a page!
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Reinhard Genzel
This week we’re celebrating this year’s astronomical awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Today we have Reinhard Genzel and his pioneering work on constraining the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Andrea Ghez
This week we’re celebrating this year’s astronomical awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics. First up, Prof. Andrea Ghez and the mysteries of the Galactic Center!
What we still don’t know about accretion disks
Today’s dual-language post takes a look at a classic paper of Shakura & Sunyaev written in 1973. Whilst this paper advanced our understanding of accretion disks, we still have an incomplete theoretical picture. That may all change
Parker’s Solar Wind
Today’s bite takes a look at a paper that changed our understanding of stars and the stuff that streams from them. Read on to learn more about the physics surrounding Parker’s discovery of the solar wind.