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Going with the Tide: Does tidal dissipation play an important role in stellar/black hole mergers?

Going with the Tide: Does tidal dissipation play an important role in stellar/black hole mergers?

by Aldo Panfichi | Mar 24, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

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?

Where’s the Water?

by Katya Gozman | Mar 19, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Can machine learning and photometry help us uncover water on distant planets? Read on to find out!

Growing a Galaxy

Growing a Galaxy

by Katya Gozman | Mar 15, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

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?

HEAVY, BUT NOT METAL: Could Metal-Free Stars be the Source of Massive Black Hole Mergers?

by Aldo Panfichi | Mar 12, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s paper, the authors test the theory that the earliest, metal-poorest stars are the primary source of binary black hole mergers.

Judging a Galaxy by its Cover

Judging a Galaxy by its Cover

by Sahil Hegde | Mar 7, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

We’re always told not to judge a book by it’s cover, but what about galaxies? Today’s authors try to find out!

Grab your umbrellas, ’cause it’s raining grazing planets!

Grab your umbrellas, ’cause it’s raining grazing planets!

by Catherine Clark | Feb 21, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s author gets out their umbrella to model planets that graze their stellar hosts.

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