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UR #27 : Plucking the Web: Seeking Spider Pulsars Using a Jerk Search Algorithm
Today’s undergraduate research post is looking for ‘spiders’ in unidentified sources which emit gamma-rays.
Black holes – Do they grow stupendously large?
Black holes come in many different sizes. But is there a mass limit? The authors of today’s paper investigate the possibility of black holes a trillion times as massive as the sun. Surprisingly, they could also help explain the mysterious dark matter!
A Windy Day in the Milky Way
Feedback from star clusters can have a major effect on the surrounding gas. Today’s paper investigates whether star clusters can also drive turbulence and what that means for our understanding of stellar feedback.
Parker’s Solar Wind
Today’s bite takes a look at a paper that changed our understanding of stars and the stuff that streams from them. Read on to learn more about the physics surrounding Parker’s discovery of the solar wind.
Mind the gap: A tale told by black holes
How massive can stellar black holes be?
Changing Stripes: Probing the Host Galaxies of Changing Look AGN with MaNGA
Is anything special about the host galaxies of changing look AGN?
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