Author: Tom Maccarone

is a Presidential Excellence in Research Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas Tech University. He is interested in all types of binary stars in which mass is transferred. He is a multi-wavelength astronomer, currently serving on the ngVLA's Science Advisory Council, the Executive Committee of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Association, and the Board of Directors of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, and chairs the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Users Committee.

How the ngVLA and Multi-Messenger Astronomy Will Reveal the Formation and Evolution of Black Holes

Posted on April 21, 2022April 18, 2022 | By Tom Maccarone

Black Holes are strange creatures. They are objects so dense that light cannot escape them. Since black holes don’t…

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