Are quasars growing in secret?
Supermassive black holes in the early universe seem to have grown too quickly in a limited amount of time. But might they have been hiding phases of growth from astronomers?
Guest: Wolf-Rayet Stars and Compact Object Collisions: A Stellar Recipe for Gravitational Waves
How do compact objects end up in binaries? Today’s authors investigate how Wolf-Rayet stars could provide a key insight into the development of binary compact objects.
The Heart of Darkness in a Cosmic Superstar
The black hole at the center of this galaxy might be masquerading as a population of stars – or maybe it actually acts like one.
You Shall Not Pass! AGN Jets through the ISM
Fly you fools! Towards a better understanding of jet-ISM interactions!
Sagittarius A* only eats half its lunch, but where does it come from?
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole may have been disrupting the lives of many binaries. Today’s bite explores where those binaries came from.
The Black Hole Tango: Kicks and Spins in Hierarchical Mergers
Black hole mergers may have more dance moves than we thought—recoil kicks create intricate spin distributions for black holes from hierarchical mergers.