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A puppy chasing its tail: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 2

A puppy chasing its tail: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 2

by Graham Doskoch | May 13, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released a second ever image of a black hole. Here’s what they found.

90 years in the making: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 1

90 years in the making: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 1

by Graham Doskoch | May 13, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But how did we get to this point?

A Missing Link Between High-Redshift Galaxies and Quasars

A Missing Link Between High-Redshift Galaxies and Quasars

by Sahil Hegde | May 11, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Where do quasars come from? Today’s authors report a new observation that helps shed light on this mystery!

The Case of the Missing Black Hole

The Case of the Missing Black Hole

by Yoni Brande | May 10, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

A rare triple system consisting of two stars and a black hole was thought to be in our cosmic backyard. Can new observations from the ESO make the black hole vanish into thin air?

Interpreting The Relics of Stellar Burials

Interpreting The Relics of Stellar Burials

by Lindsay DeMarchi | Apr 22, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

The authors of today’s paper seek to uncover what is occulted in the final moments of a massive star’s death. To this end, they outline the feasibility of measuring the background flux of “relic neutrinos” and connect them to their origins.

Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter My Accretion Disk

Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter My Accretion Disk

by Lynnie Saade | Apr 20, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

“But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain…” -Dante’s Inferno… and AGN, apparently

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