Students on the Hunt for Black Holes
Today, we hear from Ana Torres Campos about her experiences observing black holes for the Even Horizon Telescope. This is a crosspost from our sister site astrobitos.
Black Hole Mergers in Nuclear Star Clusters
How frequent are black hole mergers in the centers of galaxies?
Meet the Keynote Speakers: Chris Impey
Black holes, space travel and Hawaii. Meet Chris Impey before his out of this world keynote at #AAS230
Blown away by Black Holes: Losing Planetary Atmospheres to Quasar Radiation
When it comes to habitability for Earth-like life, we’ve got more than just liquid water to worry about. Today’s astrobite looks at how planets could lose portions of their atmospheres to quasar radiation.
Black Hole Orbits: Zoom-Whirls and Four-Leaf Clovers
Orbits around a black hole can be fascinatingly intricate. Surprisingly, the simple precessing ellipse we observe in planetary motion is not what we see close to a black hole.
Astrobites: A Look back at 2016!
A Happy New Year from everyone at Astrobites! Read on to find out about our fun events, collaborations and top-read articles in the last 12 months!