Searching for Primordial Black Holes in our own backyard!
In this Astrobite, the authors search for primordial black holes, a dark matter candidate, by calculating the effect their gravity would have on objects in our Solar System!
In this Astrobite, the authors search for primordial black holes, a dark matter candidate, by calculating the effect their gravity would have on objects in our Solar System!
Black holes are powerful enough to rip apart stars caught in their orbit– but we’ve seen the signals from a few of these disruptive events repeat. What happens when a black hole only eats part of a star?
Find out what would happen if the Sun or other stars hid primordial black holes in their centers.
Are your fairy lights being warped by a black hole this holiday season? Find out in today’s post!
Today’s authors discuss prospects for observing neutron star – black hole mergers in multiple messengers!
Today’s authors analyze the time delay between energetic flares coming from a black hole x-ray binary system, and try to determine if this is evidence of a magnetic process occuring in the accretion disk.