Double Bubble Galaxy
M31 discovered to be blowing vast bubbles of gamma rays, just like our own galaxy.
A Repeating FRB
Mysterious, brief bursts of radio have been detected many times from what looks to be the same source for the first time.
Opening Our Ears to the Universe: LIGO Observes Gravitational Waves!
A century after Einstein’s prediction of gravitational waves, LIGO has observed these minuscule ripples in the fabric of spacetime. A new window to the Universe has opened.
To boldly go where no star has gone before
More than 100 massive stars orbit the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy incredibly closely.
Radio Crickets: A New Probe of General Relativity
Today’s astrobite is not about disc jockey insects informing us about spacetime. Read on to find out a novel way of detecting electromagnetic counterparts of merging supermassive black holes.
Detonating white dwarfs with black holes
Dark matter, in the form of primordial black holes, can potentially trigger Type Ia supernovae in white dwarfs.