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New Authors for 2022!
A huge welcome to the new authors joining our team for 2022.
Ice, Ice, Baby!
How common are icy polar caps like ours on Earth-like exoplanets? Today’s paper explores the many versions of surface ice possible on Earth-like exoplanets, even including equatorial ice belts!
Do black holes hug each other in AGN disks?
Thanks to gravitational waves, we have detections of black holes mergers. Now imagine they are embedded in AGN disks, can you guess what’s going to happen to them? The authors of today’s paper can tell you if your guess was correct!
Asteroids with lasers: A new way to detect gravitational waves?
We haven’t yet detected microhertz gravitational waves. This unusual detector could change that.
Standard Siren Updates from the Latest LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Catalog
The latest LIGO-Virgo catalog presents a new set of ‘standard siren’ events that can be used to study the cosmic history of our universe. Read more…
Antisatellite Tests Risk Catastrophic Collisions in a Crowded Low Earth Orbit
Antisatellite weapon tests launch space debris into low Earth orbit (LEO), threatening other satellites. Today’s paper explores how commercial satcons rapidly populating LEO exacerbate this danger.
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