The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Roger Penrose
This week we’re celebrating this year’s astronomical awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Today’s Bite investigates the third and final 2020 Physics Nobel Laureate, Roger Penrose.
UR #29: Measuring the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation using Thousands of Stars
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who measures the white dwarf mass-radius relation using thousands of stars and a neat effect predicted by general relativity
How Can Fast Radio Bursts be Produced in Binary Neutron Star Systems?
Fast radio bursts have unknown origins, but today’s guest post discusses one possibility: interacting BNS systems.
You Spin Me Right Round: A Magnetic Avalanche in the Solar Corona
Can a chain reaction in the magnetic field supply the energy to keep the solar atmosphere at a temperature of several million Kelvin?
Our Solar System: Another Planet or Another Disk?
Can a giant, dense disk at the outer reaches of our Solar System explain a perplexing set of observations? Read on to find out more!
Bosons in the Sky with Black Holes
Have you ever wondered how you could build an atom out of a black hole and some bosons? Why of course you have!