Guest: Novel Clues to the Formation of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies
In today’s bite, we look at some newly observed systems in the Virgo cluster. These observations provide clues to understanding how some of the most dense galaxies known to us form.
FIREstorms in early galaxies: Simulating the brief, blazing lives of giant clumps
What do a galaxy’s stellar clumps tell us about how it formed? Today’s guest author Michelle Park explores interesting properties of clumps from the FIRE simulations.
She’s Not Like the Other Galaxies: The Nearly-Impossible Qualities of CEERS2-588
Galaxy-modelers beware! Today’s bite will guide you through an analysis of CEERS2-588, a quirky, UV-luminous, early galaxy discovered by JWST that’s causing issues in our theoretical models!
Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy?
Compact ultra-faint systems? More like confusing ultra-faint systems!
Building Cradles for Massive Black Hole Seeds
Astronomers have observations of red active galactic nuclei and theories of massive black holes, but are these connected? Read more in today’s bite!
Finding the Milky Way’s faintest and farthest friends with Rubin
Rubin will give us a wider and deeper view of the Universe than ever before. How many of the Milky Way’s tiny friends will it discover?