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This galaxy simulation can fit so many stars and gas particles in it
Simulating an entire galaxy is not easy if you want your result sometime this century. But today’s paper brings us a neat trick that might just help speed things up.
Resolving the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies
Studying dwarf galaxies provides unique insights to galaxy evolution. Today’s paper explores how resolving stellar populations of isolated galaxies allows us to determine their star formation history!
Forever Alone: A Black Hole Destined to Stay too Big
This ancient black hole is far too massive for its galaxy. Thirteen billion years later, it might still be haunting us.
Triple Double: Do merging white dwarfs produce FRB-emitting remnants?
Half of all stars are in binaries. Stars that end their lives as the most massive white dwarfs often also have another distant star orbiting an inner binary. Could these tertiary stars play a role in merging the inner binaries into remnant objects that emit fast radio bursts?
Did we detect the death of a primordial black hole?
In February 2023, the KM3NeT underwater observatory observed the highest-energy neutrino ever detected. Did it come from a dying primordial black hole?
A Spider’s Strange Catch: The Carbon Atmosphere of a Black Widow Companion
Just when you think exoplanet demographics can’t get any weirder, this thing shows up. A hot Jupiter with a thing for carbon that may have been a star but now lives with a dead one. Confused? Read today’s bite.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Celtic Constellations
Today, let’s learn about the Celts and their connections to the night sky!
APS Conferences for Women and Gender Minorities in Physics
Today we give highlights from the recent APS Conference for Graduate Women and Gender Minorities and provide information for applying to the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics!
Powering a Supernova
What are all the ways to power a supernova? Learn here today!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Earth Week x Astrobites 2022: “Astro/Physicists in Climate Work: Transferring Astro-skills to Climate Advocacy” Recap
A recap on our final event of Earth Week x Astrobites 2022: A panel on “Astro/Physicists in Climate Work: Transferring Astro-skills to Climate Advocacy”
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Ronald Gamble
As part of our #BlackInAstro series for Black History Month, we interview Dr. Ronald Gamble, a theoretical astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Gibor Basri
As part of our #BlackInAstro series for Black History Month, we interview Dr. Gibor Basri, a pioneer in stellar astronomy (one of the discoverers of brown dwarfs) and the founding Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley!