by Roel Lefever | Aug 27, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
If the light from supernovae travels at, unsurprisingly, the speed of light (which really is the upper limit here), how can we predict them? Time travel, is that you? Spoiler alert: it isn’t. It’s neutrinos.
by Sahil Hegde | Jun 27, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
How long does it take for a star’s core to collapse in a supernova explosion? Today’s authors use observations to place new constraints on the explosion timescale!
by Sarah Bodansky | May 26, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
How do you make a supernova without hydrogen and helium lines? The answer may surprise you! (It’s probably binary stars)
by Guest | May 24, 2022 | Undergraduate Research
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Yuxin Dong explores the origins of Calcium-rich transients, a peculiar type of supernovae
by Alice Curtin | May 21, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
Today’s authors discovered a kilonova associated with a long gamma-ray burst! Read on to hear about how this might flip the gamma-ray burst world upside down.
by Lindsay DeMarchi | Apr 22, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
The authors of today’s paper seek to uncover what is occulted in the final moments of a massive star’s death. To this end, they outline the feasibility of measuring the background flux of “relic neutrinos” and connect them to their origins.