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!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Brian Metzger
We’ve seen supernovae, but what’s a kilonova? Professor Brian Metzger will tell us all about these high energy events in his talk at #AAS235.
Explaining Ancient Stellar Populations
Why do some dwarf galaxies exhibit such old stellar populations? Perhaps simulations of reionization including radiative transfer can help to explain this peculiar trait.