Another hungry black hole devours a star
Maksym et al. investigate a possible tidal flare event in Abell 1795.
W49B: A Jet-Driven Supernova?
The authors discuss the possibility that the strangely-shaped supernova remnant W49B was created by a core-collapse supernova that formed strong bipolar jets instead of a spherical shockwave.
First discovery of X-ray emission from young stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
For the first time, diffuse X-ray emission from young stars is identified in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using data from Chandra.
Where do supermassive black holes come from?
We know most galaxies host supermassive black holes at their centers, but how do they get so big? In this study, the authors investigate one of the smallest known supermassive black holes (weighing in at only 100,000 solar masses), to shed some light on what a young, accreting black hole might look like.
Adolescent Black Holes
We know that supermassive black holes exist, but how did they get so big? In this paper, the authors seek to shed some light on their progenitors – rapidly accreting, intermediate-mass black holes.
Polarization in Stacked X-ray Imaging Detectors
Why are there so few X-ray imaging polarimeters? This paper determines the intrinsic sensitivity of stacked imaging detectors to hard X-ray polarization.