2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Development of a Retrieval-Augmented Generation Virtual Assistant for Enhanced Information Discovery at Rubin Observatory
Leanne P. Guy, Connor Yablonski, Aaron M. Meisner +5
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will generate petabytes of data through the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) over the next decade, enabling discoveries across a broad r…
astro-ph.HE2026
Disappearance of a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy due to formation of a black hole
Kishalay De, Morgan MacLeod, Jacob E. Jencson +11
When a massive star reaches the end of its lifetime, its core collapses and releases neutrinos that drive a shock into the outer layers (stellar envelope). A sufficiently strong sh…