by Laila Linke | Sep 5, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
Black holes come in many different sizes. But is there a mass limit? The authors of today’s paper investigate the possibility of black holes a trillion times as massive as the sun. Surprisingly, they could also help explain the mysterious dark matter!
by Jamie Sullivan | Aug 21, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
Early dark energy has seen a lot of attention as a solution to the Hubble tension. Today’s paper rains on its parade!
by Jamie Sullivan | Jul 30, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
Should neural networks give up trying to model cosmology and stick to sorting cat photos? Find out in todays post!
by Laila Linke | Jun 27, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
The Hubble tension is one of the biggest issues in modern cosmology. Why can we not agree on the expansion rate of the Universe? Today’s authors propose a solution: The actual disagreement might be in the assumed mean temperature of the cosmic microwave background.
by Astrobites | Jun 2, 2020 | Current Events
We report on Day 2 of the virtual summer AAS meeting.
by Laila Linke | May 28, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
Modern cosmology relies on large numerical simulations. However, creating them requires a lot of memory and computational time. Today’s paper describes a technique that can dramatically decrease the computational cost of simulations – by focusing on the most important parts of the simulation and reducing waste!