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Can you tell if a star got too close to a black hole?

Can you tell if a star got too close to a black hole?

by Archana Aravindan | Jul 29, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

The authors of today’s paper study emission lines in a spectrum to determine if they are caused by a star falling into a black hole!

The terrible twos: the detection of a toddler black hole in the baby universe

The terrible twos: the detection of a toddler black hole in the baby universe

by Sahil Hegde | Jul 6, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

JWST just made one of the highest-redshift galaxies ever observed even more interesting! Check out today’s bite to see what it found!

Drop the Bass: Evidence for a Gravitational Wave Background from a Galaxy-sized Detector

Drop the Bass: Evidence for a Gravitational Wave Background from a Galaxy-sized Detector

by Astrobites | Jun 28, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

In eight new papers, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational waves (NANOGrav) presents evidence for a gravitational wave background. In this bite, we provide an overview of their results and their implications

Three’s a Crowd for Stars Around SMBH Binaries

Three’s a Crowd for Stars Around SMBH Binaries

by Megan Masterson | Jun 28, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

How can we use the demise of an unlucky star to learn about binary supermassive black holes? Today’s paper answers that very question!

A New Playing Field for Multi-(Messi)nger Black Holes Kicks

A New Playing Field for Multi-(Messi)nger Black Holes Kicks

by Storm Colloms | Jun 15, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite kicks black holes through an accretion disk, come find out if they score!

Tracking Down the Quasar Light Switch

Tracking Down the Quasar Light Switch

by Delaney Dunne | May 27, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

We’re still not sure what causes quasars, some of the brightest objects in the universe, to switch on. Today’s authors present a compelling case for galaxy mergers being the culprit!

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