Investigating supermassive black hole mergers using cosmological simulations
Find out how cosmological simulations help us probe supermassive binary black holes in today’s paper.
Counting supermassive black hole binaries with customers at a coffee shop
A short guide on how estimate the number of supermassive black hole binary mergers by measuring how loud it is at your local cafe
Detecting Gravitational Waves with the Moon
How can the Moon be used to detect gravitational waves? Find out in today’s featured paper!
Next, Add in a Sprinkling of Primordial Binaries
Today’s astrobite explores if current gravitational wave observations be explained if we add in primordial black holes to our recipe of the universe.
Close Encounters of stars with the black hole binaries kind
Find out what happens when a star comes too close to a binary black hole system in today’s astrobite.
Cosmic Echolocation: A New Method to Measure Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves
In this astrobite, astrophysicists use gravitational waves to “listen” for the presence of dark matter and infer its properties!