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On the Consistency of Published M87* Mass Measurements

A useful way to test a black hole spacetime is not only to ask whether one observational method agrees with Kerr, but to ask whether several independent methods agree with each other. In the case of M87*, this question is … Continue reading

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Vega Through 600 Frames of Starlight

Tonight I pointed the Seestar S50 toward Vega and let it run for a while. Vega is one of those stars that almost feels too bright to photograph properly. It dominates the frame immediately, and after only a few exposures … Continue reading

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A Dark Halo That Almost Became a Galaxy

One of the cleanest ideas in modern cosmology is also one of the easiest to overlook. According to the standard ΛCDM model, structure in the Universe forms hierarchically, with dark matter collapsing under gravity into bound halos over an enormous … Continue reading

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