Searching for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Through Simulations of Tidal Disruption Events
Could tidally disrupted white dwarfs help us find the elusive intermediate-mass black holes?
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The Bared Minimum: Revealing a New Phase of Stellar Activity in HD 166620
Astrobites reports on the detection of Maunder Minimum–like behavior in the stellar activity curve of HD 166620.
Insights from Misaligned Black Hole Pairs
How many black holes formed from collapsing stars and how many formed from other black holes? Gravitational waves give us a way to find out.
DPS 54: Days 3, 4, and 5
Learn about the hunt for biosignature gases, the state of diversity in STEM, and what we would gain from a visit to the Uranian moons in our summary of DPS days 3, 4, and 5!
DPS 54: Days 1 and 2
Read about space-weathered asteroids, conditions on ancient Venus, and why photometry is more prescient than you might expect in our summary of DPS days 1 and 2!
Highway to the Venus Zone
Astrobites reports on which exoplanets are most likely to end up as Venus analogs: hot, dry, and uninhabitable.
DPS 54: Welcome!
This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 54th DPS meeting, happening in London, Ontario, and virtually anywhere!
Software Updates: The Latest from the Astropy Project
Most astronomy research requires writing code. Recently, one of the most popular packages of the most popular programming language got a major update.
Deciphering the Cryptic Mystery of Buried Ancient Lava Flows
Can radar observations of our lunar neighbor help us uncover hidden regions of ancient lava flows?
Bright Galaxies Blowing Bubbles
Astrobites reports on an investigation of ultraviolet-bright galaxies during the epoch of reionization.
Featured Image: An Asteroid-Impact Test on Earth
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will slam into an asteroid today. Back home on Earth, researchers carried out an impact experiment of their own.
Models Help Us Hunt for Hidden Stellar Remnants
Black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs sometimes announce their presence when they accrete matter from a stellar companion, but many more may be hiding quietly in binary systems across the Milky Way.