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Black Holes Grow Better With A Friend
Observations of dwarf galaxies, similar to early universe galaxies, show that a buddy galaxy can help trigger phases of rapid growth. That’s the power of friendship!
Finding “Scary Barbie”’s sisters: a new sample of ambiguous nuclear transients
Supermassive black holes are responsible for the most luminous single-event flares in the universe. Learn how we search for these ultra-energetic events.
A NICER solution for an aging X-ray telescope
From Sahana Parker: How NASA scientists, engineers and astronauts pulled off a high-stakes space telescope repair—one patch at a time!
A Miss from Gravitational Waves Off the Top Rope!
In today’s bite we watch gravitational waves come for one of astronomy’s top 5 ops: the standard cosmological model of the universe.
Watch out! There’s double-faced white dwarfs about
How can one white dwarf have two different atmospheres? Today’s authors investigate the wacky behavior of ZTF J2033 to find out.
Is AT2018cow the Black Sheep of Transient Astronomy?
Does the UV emission from the Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient AT2018cow stand out from the herd? Read today’s bite to find out.
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Navigating careers in astronomy
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How to Apply for Grad School in Europe
Are you an American interested in applying abroad to Europe for graduate school? Here’s what you need to know!
Entering the Matrix: Exploring the formation history of a universe on your laptop
How Dylan Nelson produced amazing, interactive visualizations of the Illustris simulation
Why I left research for education
I recently decided to leave astronomy research to pursue only education. This is the story of how I got here.