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Burps and explosions: What happens when a very, very massive star goes supernova?

Burps and explosions: What happens when a very, very massive star goes supernova?

by kyadavalli | Jan 31, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

What if you take the biggest, most massive stars, and watch them explode? Do they look any different from a normal supernova? Let’s find out with today’s supernova iPTF14hls!

To View or Not to View: Explaining Optical/X-ray Evolution in Tidal Disruption Events with Viewing Angle and Accretion Rate Dependence

To View or Not to View: Explaining Optical/X-ray Evolution in Tidal Disruption Events with Viewing Angle and Accretion Rate Dependence

by Megan Masterson | Jan 30, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper presents a unified model for tidal disruption events, in which a star gets shredded by the tidal forces of a supermassive black hole!

Cosmic Echolocation: A New Method to Measure Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves

Cosmic Echolocation: A New Method to Measure Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves

by Cole Meldorf | Jan 28, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

In this astrobite, astrophysicists use gravitational waves to “listen” for the presence of dark matter and infer its properties!

The Peculiar Nature of Black Hole Birth Kicks

The Peculiar Nature of Black Hole Birth Kicks

by Sonja Panjkov | Jan 27, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

General relativity to the rescue! Today’s paper teaches us how microlensing data can be used to infer black hole kick natal kick velocities.

The Dance of Fire and Ice: a White Dwarf and its ultra-cool Brown Dwarf companion

The Dance of Fire and Ice: a White Dwarf and its ultra-cool Brown Dwarf companion

by Clarissa Do O | Jan 25, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s post discusses the discovery of an unusual system: an ultra-cool brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf!

A Grad Student Seat at the Faculty Hiring Table

A Grad Student Seat at the Faculty Hiring Table

by Sahil Hegde | Jan 23, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s authors, the Yale Astronomy Student Council, present a framework for involving graduate students into the faculty hiring process!

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