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?
Uncovering black holes hiding in a globular cluster
A Milky way star cluster seems to contain more than the name suggests. How do astronomers find black holes hiding amongst stars?
Tidal Tugs Shed Light on Binary Companions
How can tides help us find hidden compact companions and yield detailed physics on stellar binaries?
LIGO’s Second Neutron Star Merger: Squeaking by With Just One Detector
How many LIGO detectors does it take to find a neutron star merger? It turns out sometimes you only need one.