Choose your own adventure: 3 ways to kill a massive disk galaxy
What kills the most massive disk galaxies in the Universe? Their own bulge, a sneaky bar, or a giant black hole? Let’s find out!
Dusting off the evolution of obscuration vs stellar mass
Although galaxies have evolved a lot over the past ten billion years or so, the authors of today’s paper have found that some things never change.
When Two Black Holes Quarrel, a Third Rejoices
Put three supermassive black holes in one simulation and let them fight over the center stage. Will there be a survivor?
Active Galactic Nuclei have a history of causing trouble
Many astronomers believe that AGN activity is responsible for suppressing star formation. However, it appears that maybe the past behaviour of AGN is what’s really to blame.
What do enormous, fabulous slugs have to do with giant galaxy formation?
Before giant galaxies, it was all slugs, mammoths, and big nebulous blobs of emission: find out why in today’s astrobite!
How to jump start a supermassive black hole
Active Galactic Nuclei are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. But what is responsible for switching on these supermassive engines?