What You Get When You Throw a Dead Star Against Another
In this bite we will explore nucleosynthesis in the merger of
neutron stars, by the light of gravitational waves and light itself.
A long time ago in a quasar far, far away…
The most distant quasar yet discovered illuminates the early universe…
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Though black holes may start as strangers, interactions between several of them — not just the two component masses — can lead to LIGO-esque mergers.
Hunting for new physics in a black hole’s shadow
Hints of a theory beyond General Relativity could lie in the shape of a black hole’s shadow. An Earth-sized telescope will allow us to resolve these shadows for the first time.
Astrophysical Classics: The Lost Art of Fishing in a Black Hole
In a strange, half-lost, piece of work Roger Penrose draws four figures dropping their lines into the depths of a black hole, and in doing so finds a new and hugely influential way to steal energy away from the heart of a spinning singularity.
Could Dark Matter be Black Holes?
Could LIGO have detected dark matter? Maybe dark matter is actually billions and billions and billions of black holes.