Interview Series: Dr. Lia Medeiros
In today’s Beyond post, we interview Dr. Lia Medeiros, a Brazilian astronomer who is part of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration!
Open Up Your Eager Eyes, Because I’m Mr. Broad Line
Polarity, reversing in the plasma sea
Ending coronal shines, choking off these field lines
But it’s just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Astrobites at AAS 240: Day 2
Astrobites is at AAS 240! Read on for coverage of Day 2 (Tuesday).
Not all black holes that wander are lost – and now, some may have been found.
In today’s paper, astronomers look for meandering modern-day analogues of the ancient building blocks of supermassive black holes.
A puppy chasing its tail: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 2
Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released a second ever image of a black hole. Here’s what they found.
90 years in the making: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 1
Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But how did we get to this point?