Supermassive black holes continue to surprise: a recent extragalactic explosion proved to be the most luminous optical transient we have observed so far. Read about “Scary Barbie” and a potential explanation for her origin!
What happens when we break a galaxy down to its fundamental building blocks? Today’s authors try to find out!
The presence of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters has puzzled astronomers for decades. Today’s paper investigates whether binary stellar mergers could explain this strange phenomenon!
Today’s authors analyze a star that may soon explode!
Guest author Torsha Majumder takes us through some of the many applications for machine learning in astronomy.
Black holes are hungry, loud eaters! Find out what they sound like as they burp the remains of a star!