Eccentricity, Spin, and the Origins of Colliding Black Holes
The dramatic collision of two enormous black holes has provided new clues pointing to how this binary originally formed.
The dramatic collision of two enormous black holes has provided new clues pointing to how this binary originally formed.
Hungry supermassive black holes in the distant cosmos can help us understand what happened shortly after our universe lit up with its first stars and galaxies.
Astrobites reports on the first direct radio discovery of a brown dwarf, an object in the gray area between star and planet.
Gravity or a planetary companion? Recent work uses speed measurements to determine what’s driving the spiral arms in one protoplanetary disk.
You’ve got to be quick to spot the afterglow from a short gamma-ray burst! A recent success story reveals one of the most distant bursts we’ve discovered.
A planet that should be completely irradiated has somehow held on to its atmosphere. New work examines what this planet reveals about rare hot Neptunes.
New simulations examine the complicated picture of what happens after two neutron stars collide.
Scientists have discovered a monster in the early universe, and it’s challenging our understanding of how black holes grow.
What’s your computer doing when you’re not using it? It could be discovering hidden, record-breaking pulsars.
Can life survive the death of its star? In the quest to find out, planets orbiting white dwarfs present a unique observational opportunity.
Astrobites reports on how statistics can guide the search for previously undetected planets.
We’ve seen what the powerful ALMA observatory can do within our own galaxy — but what can it tell us about distant galaxies across our universe?