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Why is there more matter than antimatter? Gravitational waves may help us find the answer
In today’s astrobite, we talk about how gravitational waves could provide insight on particle physics, events in the early Universe, and even matter and antimatter asymmetry.
Please, Please, Please Be a Neutron Star
In today’s Astrobite by Guest author Danielle Dickinson, searches for a remnant neutron star at the heart of Supernova 1987A!
Testing The Waters: Determining The Origin of The Cocytos Stream
How do you distinguish between home-grown and imported stars in the Milky Way? You use the Gaia space observatory, of course!
Could a hidden white dwarf explain this ultra-long period radio transient?
Today’s paper explores links between a red dwarf star and a mysterious radio source bursting every 3 hrs.
Cosmology From the Mouth of the Dragon
In this Astrobite, the authors steal a valuable set of jewels from the Dragon Arc’s hoard: strongly-lensed standard candle stars!
Directly Weighing the Invisible in the Early Universe
Authors of today’s paper just weighed a black hole in the early universe – directly!
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Robert Fisher
As Professor Robert Fisher says, “if Yoda had to summarize Type Ia supernovae, he might have said something like ‘the classical model is a theory that misread could have been.’” What is he talking about? Come to his #AAS231 talk to find out!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Eric Becklin
Professor Eric Becklin has spent fifty-four years doing infrared astronomy. Come to his #AAS231 talk to hear a little about what he’s learned over the years.
Tools for Reading Papers, Part 1
ADS, ADS Bumblebee, arXiv, and arXiver all help make searching for research papers much easier. Learn more about them in today’s post!