Feeding Time at the AGN Zoo
How do the eating habits (accretion) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) affect the light emitted for animals in the AGN zoo?
Finding Planet X: Hopeless Romance or Concrete Reality?
Pluto’s demotion from a planet didn’t just rewrite a definition, it launched an astronomical treasure hunt. Hidden amidst far flung icy bodies beyond Neptune, is there a ninth planet in our solar system?
A Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Eating a Star
For the first time, a supermassive black hole is discovered away from its galaxy’s center, exposed when it tears apart a star in a tidal disruption event.
Attack of the Planet-Killer Dark Matter
Today’s bite explores exoplanets’ newest predator: dark matter. Black holes made up of dark matter may be lying at the hearts of planets…and eating them from the inside out.
Blast from the Past: Determining a Distance to I Zwicky 18
Take a walk down memory lane with I Zwicky 18, which could be the key to unlocking the secrets of the early universe.
Two satellite proposals threaten dark and quiet skies worldwide
Giant mirrors in space to create sunlight at night and an AI data center made up of 1-million satellites are undergoing regulatory approval. How did we get here?