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Black Hole, Why Don’t You Come Over? White Dwarf Supernova!
The origin of dim supernovae known as Ca-rich transients is still not well-understood. Could it be that these rare events are set off by an encounter between a white dwarf and a primordial black hole?
Drink Your OJ 287
In today’s bite we drink a big glass of OJ 287 and discuss competing theories about its central supermassive black holes.
Noclip on! Simulated primordial black holes could dance through Sun-like stars
What might the orbit of a primordial black hole going in and out of a Sun-like star look like?
The search for the first stars to light up the Universe
One of JWST’s aims is to find the very first stars in the Universe – but is it up to the task?
And I’m Free, Free-Floatin’… or am I?
TESS was designed to find transiting planets. Today’s authors use TESS to search for free-floating planets via gravitational lensing and find a candidate event.
Astromania: The Astronomy Card Game
Introducing the new game ‘made by astronomers, for everyone’!
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