Gobbling black holes and high energy neutrinos
Today’s paper describes the astrophysical origin of extremely energetic neutrinos.
How to jump start a supermassive black hole
Active Galactic Nuclei are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. But what is responsible for switching on these supermassive engines?
Harvesting Black Holes to power a civilization
Like humanity, alien civilizations need to harvest energy. But how to power your civilization, if the energy of a star is not enough? Today’s authors discuss a fascinating prospect: Harvesting the energy of black holes with Dyson spheres.
An explosive hug!
Today’s paper investigates a mysterious stellar explosion that resulted when a black hole or a neutron star crashed into a star.
UR: Are black hole progenitors missing in metal-poor environments?
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, read about the work by Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach on the environments in which binary black holes originate!
Paradise for Life by the AGN Light
Supermassive black holes have a really nasty reputation for rendering galaxies uninhabitable, but this perception may be misguided. It’s possible that the radiation these vast beasts release while feasting could bring forth a bounty for life as we know it. Could organisms subsist on the light of an AGN sun?