Spotting the Black Sheep of Black Holes
There are monstrous black holes in the centers of most galaxies. Today’s bite dissects one of them and questions how it could have grown so quickly.
Rude Awakenings: Black Holes Might Get Kicked When They’re Born
Most babies get lullabies, but some baby black holes might get strong kicks from their parent supernovae instead.
Did that supermassive black hole just rip apart a star, or is it just eating lunch like normal?
Read about how we can use radio astronomy to find tidal disruption events in galaxies!
Too big to fit? Recipes on how (not) to create the black hole binary that you find in your backyard
Curious about how Gaia BH3 formed? We have the next best thing! Today’s bite explores how it may not have formed.
Black Holes Grow Better With A Friend
Observations of dwarf galaxies, similar to early universe galaxies, show that a buddy galaxy can help trigger phases of rapid growth. That’s the power of friendship!
A Miss from Gravitational Waves Off the Top Rope!
In today’s bite we watch gravitational waves come for one of astronomy’s top 5 ops: the standard cosmological model of the universe.