Neutron Stars are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Have you ever wondered where gold comes from? What if it came from the bits of neutron star flesh that dribbled out from a black hole’s maw as it ate the neutron star alive?
Weighing scales for galaxy groups: Dynamical mass of the Centaurus A system
Today’s authors use orbital measurements to dynamically “weigh” a group of galaxies. Read on to learn about this method and how the Centaurus A group may be missing some matter!
Adversarial Networks, Collaborative Cosmology
Can fake data help to make real computational gains? In today’s paper, the authors describe using machine learning to boost the resolution of cosmological simulations.
UR: Acoustic Parameters as Discriminators of Wall Events in PICO Dark Matter Search Data
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Lucia Volkova has been working with PICO to improve bubble chambers, one possible way to detect dark matter.
A universe of pancakes
Today’s classic paper predicts the formation of “cosmic pancakes” on the largest scales.
A story of light and darkness
There’s a problem with dark matter, and two possible solutions: bright, luminous supernovae, or dark matter itself.