Listening for Dark Matter: What Can’t Einstein Telescope do?
Today we explore how Einstein Telescope might be the instrument to indirectly see (or hear..?) dark matter!
Deblurring the Dark Compact Object Picture with Microlensing
Lenses aren’t always made of glass, sometimes they’re made of dark matter compact objects! Today’s paper explores if and how we can tell primordial black holes apart from dark black holes using gravitational microlensing measurements.
Attack of the Planet-Killer Dark Matter
Today’s bite explores exoplanets’ newest predator: dark matter. Black holes made up of dark matter may be lying at the hearts of planets…and eating them from the inside out.
Primordial Black Holes lensing my Andromeda Galaxy? It could be more common than you think
We’re not sure if Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) exist, but today’s authors might have seen evidence of them while observing the Andromeda Galaxy — and not just one PBH, but twelve!
Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy?
Compact ultra-faint systems? More like confusing ultra-faint systems!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Priyamvada Natarajan
Today we interview Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan, a professor at Yale, winner of the 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics and a plenary speaker at #AAS247