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How to Grow Supermassive Black Holes

How to Grow Supermassive Black Holes

by Shalini Kurinchi-Vendhan | Feb 16, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Read about how astrophysicists are modeling these cosmic “seeds” in a computer-simulated Universe.

No horsing around: Centaurus A could be a nearby cosmic ray factory

No horsing around: Centaurus A could be a nearby cosmic ray factory

by Samantha Wong | Feb 6, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Today’s authors try to answer a century-old mystery: where are all the cosmic rays coming from??

This just in: Multi-messenger merger made meticulously on massive supercomputer!

This just in: Multi-messenger merger made meticulously on massive supercomputer!

by Cole Meldorf | Jan 24, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

In this Astrobite, the authors study the incredible physics of a binary neutron star merger by performing the longest ever simulation on a supercomputer!

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Stella Offner

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Stella Offner

by Amaya Sinha | Jan 15, 2025 | Beyond, Current Events, Interviews, Personal Experiences

Today we interview Dr. Stella Offner, who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and one of this year’s #AAS245 Plenary speakers!

Smoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!

Smoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!

by Diana Solano-Oropeza | Jan 8, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Every exomoon deserves the chance to fly!

AGB stars can have a little PIE, as a treat

AGB stars can have a little PIE, as a treat

by Alexandra Masegian | Dec 19, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Proton ingestion events in AGB stars are thought to trigger i-process nucleosynthesis. Today’s authors construct detailed stellar models to investigate this phenomenon!

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