Reionizing the universe, with a quasar assist
What role did quasars play in reionizing the early universe?
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Julie Comerford
Some galaxies live peaceful lives, calmly making stars at a sedate pace, with supermassive black holes that don’t vomit jets of material. Other galaxies… not so much. Come to Professor Julie Comerford’s upcoming #AAS232 talk to learn more about the weird and wonderful world of active galactic nuclei!
Same time, same place: pinpointing star formation in distant active galaxies
Using super high resolution data from ALMA and the VLA, the authors of this paper resolve star formation in active galaxies — and find that active galactic nuclei are embedded inside central star-forming regions.
A long time ago in a quasar far, far away…
The most distant quasar yet discovered illuminates the early universe…
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Though black holes may start as strangers, interactions between several of them — not just the two component masses — can lead to LIGO-esque mergers.
Extinction events from giant space explosions: a cosmological perspective
Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts are expected to wipe out any complex life in the neighborhood. Today’s paper looks at how common these events are in different galaxies over time.