Chris Lintott

Recent articles by Chris Lintott

Three images of NGC 2770 from early 2008 show the rare occurrence of two supernovae. Credit: ESO

Why do some galaxies have more supernovae than others?

ALMA image of the planet-forming disk around the young star RU Cup. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Huang; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello

Star’s spiral disc calls planetary formation model into question

Binary star system App, imaged by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/Callingham et al.

How do binary stars survive in star clusters?

Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 4100. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho

How do galaxies form?

An artist’s impression showing a star being torn apart by an intermediate-mass black hole. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

How do black holes form?

The 3-body-problem remains a sticking point for astronomers. Credit: iStock

Solving the three-body problem in astronomy

Scientists are watching pulsars carefully to detect the rippling fabric of the cosmos. Credit: dani3315/iStock/Getty Images

Searching for gravitational waves from supermassive black holes

Star factory: the Orion A molecular cloud, as captured by the VISTA infrared telescope, contains many young stars. ESO/VISION survey

How do stars form?

A cataclysmic flare, propelled from the heart of the Milky Way 3.5 million years ago, was felt 200,000 lightyears away. Credit: James Josephides/Thorsten Tepper-Garcia/ASTRO 3D

Observations shed light on the history of our Galaxy’s supermassive black hole

The Sun shows us how sunspots appear dark against a star. Credit: SOHO (ESA & NASA)

Observing spots on distant stars

An artist’s impression of V404 Cygni shows it drawing in material from a nearby star (left). Jets of gas (right) are released from its disc. Credit: icrar

Black hole jets may be more unpredictable than thought

S5-HVS1 has been speeding away ever since its dust-up with black hole Sgr A* 4.8 million years ago. Credit: hadzi3/iStock/Getty Images, Vadim Sadovski/iStock/Getty Images.

Speeding star reveals the secrets of the Milky Way

Following clues: a computer model of the spiral arms in the disc around the hot star MWC 758. Credit: ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University)

Do spiral protoplanetary discs mean exoplanets in orbit?