Are Quasars Growing in Secret?
Astrobites reports on supermassive black holes in the early universe that may have been hiding phases of their growth.
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Looking for a Single Stellar Ancestor: Mono-Enriched Stars in Zoom-In Simulations
Astrobites reports on research that explores if we’ll be able to find a star that has formed from the gas enriched by only one stellar predecessor.
A Dust Curve That Breaks the Mold
Astobites reports on a surprising dust curve in a distant galaxy that challenges what we know about cosmic dust.
Weather Forecast for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Cloudy with a Chance of Biosignatures
Astrobites reports on how clouds might actually be a good thing when it comes to detecting biosignatures with NASA’s proposed next-generation space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
From Globs to Gravitational Waves: A Simulated Cosmic Choreography
Astrobites reports on how we might be able to observe gravitational wave signals from intermediate-mass black holes in binary systems with stellar-mass black holes.
Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino Emission on the Extragalactic Express: A Mystery
Astrobites reports on the three galactic suspects in the case of an ultra-high-energy neutrino.
What’s Going On Inside GJ 486b?
Astrobites reports on a warm, rocky exoplanet and what might be hidden beneath its atmosphere.
The Black Hole Tango: Kicks and Spins in Hierarchical Mergers
Astrobites reports on the intricate spin distributions created by recoil kicks from merging black holes.
A GLIMPSE of the First Galaxies?
Astrobites reports on very deep JWST observations and the hunt for the first galaxies in the universe.
Written in the Gas: Jet Feedback in a Voorwerp Galaxy
Astrobites reports on the origins of the unusual green structure surrounding the active galaxy NGC 5972.