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Not all black holes that wander are lost – and now, some may have been found.

Not all black holes that wander are lost – and now, some may have been found.

by Graham Doskoch | Jun 8, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s paper, astronomers look for meandering modern-day analogues of the ancient building blocks of supermassive black holes.

Big, bright, bursty, AND early: what are the odds?

Big, bright, bursty, AND early: what are the odds?

by Olivia Cooper | Jun 7, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Just how rare is this hyperluminous heavily obscured active galactic nucleus in a dusty starburst in the early Universe?

Looking for Alien “Lighthouses” in the Stars

Looking for Alien “Lighthouses” in the Stars

by Evan Lewis | Jun 6, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

If aliens are trying to get our attention, how should we look for their smoke signals? Today’s paper describes a search for broadband radio waves coming from our closest stellar neighbors!

The Standard Model Fails to Pass the Bar

The Standard Model Fails to Pass the Bar

by Guest | Jun 4, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

The presence of dark matter particles in barred spiral galaxies should slow down their galactic bars. However, this is not what we observe. Are galactic bars telling us to reconsider the foundations of the standard model?

Tell me the velocity of a star without telling me its velocity

Tell me the velocity of a star without telling me its velocity

by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Jun 1, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Stars like hiding their ages! In today’s paper, the authors inferred velocities of thousands of stars, which will help to determine their ages!

Stellar Streams as Dark Matter Maps

Stellar Streams as Dark Matter Maps

by Zili Shen | May 31, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Stellar streams are beautiful structures that trace the dark matter distribution of a galaxy. Today’s paper looks beyond our Milky Way for streams in external galaxies.

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