The Calm Before the – Planet Formation?
It doesn’t seem like hurricanes on Earth can have anything to do with planet formation. But don’t be fooled! Find out in today’s bite, what the connection is.
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.
Going with the Tide: Does tidal dissipation play an important role in stellar/black hole mergers?
In today’s paper: how does tidal dissipation and gravitational wave emission affect the result of encounters between stars and black hole binaries in stellar clusters?
Where’s the Water?
Can machine learning and photometry help us uncover water on distant planets? Read on to find out!
Growing a Galaxy
Today’s paper puts simulation-based theories to the test as we look at some of the most massive disk galaxies and find out how they grew to their enormous sizes!
HEAVY, BUT NOT METAL: Could Metal-Free Stars be the Source of Massive Black Hole Mergers?
In today’s paper, the authors test the theory that the earliest, metal-poorest stars are the primary source of binary black hole mergers.