The Winner of the Cosmic Speed-Eating Contest
Eating matter is what black holes do best, but what happens when we find one choking on its food? The answer might surprise you!
The Black Hole Meet Up: EMRIs and IMRIs in the same AGN Disk
AGN disks might connect black holes across the mass spectrum in one bustling gaseous environment. As the black holes drift inward, their interactions may set the stage for both EMRIs and IMRIs in the same system.
How to Hide a Black Hole in a Hot Dog
Hot DOGs in space are more exciting than they sound. Let’s dissect the brightest one to learn how they hide black holes and some of the most extreme conditions in the universe.
Using Galaxy Halos to Study Baryonic Feedback in FLAMINGO
Today’s authors use FLAMINGO simulations to probe the tension between different observational methods of estimating cosmological parameters.
The Impact of Blazar Shape on Polarization Measurements
Today’s authors consider the way AGN jet shape changes our measurements of blazar polarization.
Twinkle, twinkle, little quasar! Can you tell me how far away you are?
When we don’t have spectra, we can estimate the distance to a quasar by calculating its photometric redshift. Today’s authors present a new way to use the ‘flickering’ of quasars to improve these distance estimates.