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The Search for Black Hole Teenagers
The discovery of medium-sized black holes allow us to trace the history of the giant black holes in the center of galaxies.
Type Ia Supernovae Could Use Some More Color
Including the color of the local environments of Type Ia supernovae in our analyses could help us use them as more precise cosmological tools.
The future is bright: a new technique finds variability in K2 data of the Seven Sisters
Today’s authors use a new technique to make new discoveries about the Seven Sisters.
Looking Deeper at Milky Way Satellite Dwarf Galaxy Candidates
Four new Milky Way dwarf satellite candidates were discovered in 2015 using the Dark Energy Survey. Fainter imaging data are used to further investigate their exact nature.
Tiny Stars in a Tiny Orbit: A New Ultracompact Binary
The discovery of the record-setting 38 minute orbit of IGR J17062-6143 makes it the fastest known accreting milllisecond pulsar orbiting in binary system!
Looking for a dark matter needle in an X-ray stack
Can an unexplained signal found inside multiple galaxy clusters tell us something about dark matter? Find out about a tantalising indirect detection by X-ray astronomers.
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