Cellular automata earn their (magnetar) crust
Cellular automata may be *crust* what we need to understand the properties of magnetars.
UR: Viewing angle effects in the gamma-ray burst internal shock scenario
In our latest #UndergradResearch post, Marco Dalla Ca di Dio investigates how the viewing angle can affect what GRB light curves look like.
How to Glo up: Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers
What does the merger of a neutron star with a black hole look like? Here’s a systematic study of how neutron star properties affect the electromagnetic emission from the merger.
Extinction events from giant space explosions: a cosmological perspective
Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts are expected to wipe out any complex life in the neighborhood. Today’s paper looks at how common these events are in different galaxies over time.
Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Events: Very Important Needles in a Very Large Haystack
Detecting electromagnetic and gravitational signals from a single astrophysical event will be revolutionary, but how do we find the former when we don’t know exactly where the latter is?
An Explosive Signature of Galaxy Collisions
Astronomers have known for a while that GRBs are sign-posts to galaxies which are forming lots of stars. But today’s paper used radio observations of the gas to connect that star formation to a recent merger.