A glimpse into the Very (High Energy) bright future
Today’s authors discuss prospects for future gravitational wave and very high energy gamma-ray telescopes to detect very high energy gamma-ray emission from binary neutron star mergers!
UR: Matching Supernova Progenitors to their Fingerprints
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, Mckenzie Ferrari compares real optical supernova spectra to models to identify their progenitors.
Did a Cannonball create Sgr A East?
How was the closest supernova remnant to the galactic core created? Sgr A East is young, mysterious and could even tells the story of its origin. Perhaps we’ve already observed the stellar corpse left behind by the explosion which created the remnant.
Using tides to peek into asteroid interiors
How to look into the interiors of asteroids? Tidal interactions during close encounters with Earth might just work!
Knock, knock. Who’s there? A free floating planet!
Not that long ago, in a system not too far away, a free-floating planet pays a visit… to HD 106906, a binary star system with an exoplanet and a debris disk!
A Family Adrift
(22) Kalliope and its large moon Linus were thought to be traveling through the solar system as a lone pair with no further asteroid family to accompany them. This seems strange, as Linus was most likely created by a giant impact which would have to leave other fragments. Today’s authors are convinced they found the family belonging to Kalliope and the reason it hasn’t been identified sooner.