Speedy stars reveal a satellite’s supermassive secret
By rewinding the orbits of hypervelocity stars, today’s authors discover something unusual about the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy.
Are quasars growing in secret?
Supermassive black holes in the early universe seem to have grown too quickly in a limited amount of time. But might they have been hiding phases of growth from astronomers?
Do X-Rays Help or Hurt Massive Black Hole Formation?
How were the first massive black holes impacted by environmental factors like X-rays? Today’s authors explore this and more!
Jumping through hoops: A new way to explore the BH-galaxy connection
The BH-galaxy relations are crucial in our understanding of how they co-evolve. In today’s paper find out a new method to explore this relation.
How to Grow Supermassive Black Holes
Read about how astrophysicists are modeling these cosmic “seeds” in a computer-simulated Universe.
Over the Limit: Accretion and Feedback of Early Black Holes
Merry Christmas! In today’s bite, learn how simulations of black hole accretion and feedback are informing our understanding of the evolution of the earliest black holes.