Tag Archive for 'LISA'

Mishra et al. suggest that AGN dust tori host the largest populations of planets in the Universe. Image credit: ESO.

Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories

Aug 13, 2026 by News Staff

Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose that the...

Computer visualization showing baby black holes growing in a young galaxy in the early Universe. Image credit: Maynooth University.

New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe

Jan 23, 2026 by News Staff

New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light seed’ black holes...

An artist’s impression of a pair of orbiting white dwarfs, ZTF J153932.16+502738.8. Image credit: Caltech / IPAC.

Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking White Dwarf Binary System

Jul 25, 2019 by News Staff

Astronomers using the KPED (Kitt Peak Electron Multiplying CCD demonstrator) instrument at NSF’s Kitt Peak National Observatory have discovered ZTF J153932.16+502738.8,...