The Very Hungry White Dwarf
Today’s paper looks at GD 424, a very hungry white dwarf that is accreting planets!
What we still don’t know about accretion disks
Today’s dual-language post takes a look at a classic paper of Shakura & Sunyaev written in 1973. Whilst this paper advanced our understanding of accretion disks, we still have an incomplete theoretical picture. That may all change
Stellar Snacks or: How to Grow a Massive Black Hole through TDEs
How do tidal disruption events contribute to massive black hole growth?
Double-Peak and Destroy: Accretion in a Tidal Disruption Event Reveals Itself
We know that supermassive black holes consume almost anything that comes near them. But have you ever wondered how we know when or what they are devouring? Today’s paper provides an answer to that question as the author’s present the first confident detection of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole following the tidal disruption of a star. Find out what astronomers see when a supermassive black hole has star for lunch!
Astrobites at AAS 235: Day 4
We report on Day 4 of the winter AAS meeting in Honolulu, HI.
The Hidden Mechanism of Quasar Feedback
Galactic winds shed new light on an otherwise invisible mechanism at the heart of massive galaxies.