Searching for the Seeds of Supermassive Black Holes
How did supermassive black holes come to be? Researchers have devised a plan to track down the “seeds” that sprouted into the behemoths we see today.
A Survey of Shredded Stars
A new look at 30 instances of stars being torn apart by black holes gives insight into the physical properties of these events.
Astrobites reports on a newly discovered local galaxy, which has re-ignited the debate about the role that reionization plays in quenching ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.
JWST helps astronomers track down the tiny tail and missing methane of exoplanet HAT-P-18b.
Astrobites reports on a free-floating planet that may have paid a visit to a binary star system hosting an exoplanet and a debris disk.
AAS 241: Day 4
The final day of AAS 241 brought insights into exploding stars, exposition on open-source code, and a summary of a fantastic year of science with JWST.
AAS 241: Day 3
Check out astrobites’s coverage of Day 3 of AAS 241 to learn about how astronomers unearth black holes, study tiny galaxies, and map magnetic fields!
AAS 241: Day 2
Read about exoplanet discoveries, plasma raining down on the Sun, and much, much more in astrobites’s summary of Day 2 at AAS 241!
AAS 241: Day 1
Check out summaries of plenaries, town halls, and lots of JWST news in astrobites’s coverage of Day 1 of AAS 241!