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Help, there are too many binary black holes in here!

Help, there are too many binary black holes in here!

by Storm Colloms | Jan 28, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

How does theory overpredict the number of black holes we see? And what can we do about it? Find out in today’s bite!

Giving Justice to Intermediate Mass Black Hole Mergers!

Giving Justice to Intermediate Mass Black Hole Mergers!

by Archana Aravindan | Jan 9, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

How can we find the gravitational waves that form when an IMBH and SMBH merge? Read ahead to find out how we can prepare to detect these supposedly common mergers using LISA!

Invisible Tripwires in a Minefield: Could Dark Matter Ignite White Dwarfs?

Invisible Tripwires in a Minefield: Could Dark Matter Ignite White Dwarfs?

by Will Golay | Jan 4, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Could dark matter be responsible for spontaneously exploding white dwarfs? Find out in today’s bite about Ca-rich gap transients!

A Little Red Dot by any other name would smell just like a Green Pea!?

A Little Red Dot by any other name would smell just like a Green Pea!?

by Archana Aravindan | Dec 20, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Are Green Pea galaxies the local counterparts of the famous Little Red Dots that are found in the early universe? Read ahead to find out!

Tuning Black Hole Data for LISA to Hear

Tuning Black Hole Data for LISA to Hear

by William Smith | Nov 26, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s Astrobite, the authors create a mock massive black hole data set to test whether their LISA analysis pipeline can recover their mock data.

2 Fast 2 Furious (for an AGN flare)

2 Fast 2 Furious (for an AGN flare)

by Samantha Wong | Nov 13, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s authors take a look at (possibly) the brightest flare from a supermassive black hole that we’ve ever seen!

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