Heavy Metal: Actinides from Compact Object Mergers
How are some of the heaviest elements on the periodic table created? Today’s authors look at how mergers between black holes and neutron stars could form these heavy metals!
Rapid Microlensing Classification: A Lonely SOBH Story
Today’s paper explores how we can use simulations of stellar populations to rapidly estimate the identity of the lensing object in a microlensing event.
Can we perform a Supernova Autopsy Via Gravitational Waves?
In this Astrobite, the authors try to solve the mystery of what happens to the corpse of a supernova post-explosion: black hole or neutron star?
Weight Gain: Growing Little Black Holes in the Early Universe
Astronomers are actively researching how massive black holes arise in the early universe. Is it possible for small black holes to grow fast enough to become one of these supermassive black holes? Today’s authors think there’s a chance!
How do black holes affect the galaxy? The answer is (probably) blowin’ in the wind!
Today’s paper focuses on some interesting results (and gorgeous figures!) on the nature and structure of AGN-driven outflows in galaxies.
The explodability criterion: How to make a star go supernova
Today’s authors present some new insights into how stars explode!