by Amber Hornsby | Jan 9, 2018 | Career Navigation, Current Events
Outreach extraordinaire, Lawrence Rudnick, employs both radio and x-rays to investigate the dynamics of the intercluster medium. Be sure to read this interview before his plenary talk at #AAS231 on Wednesday!
by Joshua Kerrigan | Apr 7, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
What provided heat to the IGM prior to reionization? X-rays have been the favorite, but today we explore cosmic rays as a source.
by Benny Tsang | Oct 13, 2016 | Daily Paper Summaries
The biggest and the brightest Lyα nebula is discovered! What can we learn from this giant?
by Jesse Feddersen | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Paper Summaries
Observations of dwarf galaxies show that sites of active star formation have fewer metals. These galaxies may have been diluted by the impact of pristine gas from the cosmic web.
by Elisa Chisari | Sep 18, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries
Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the Universe. Today, we discuss how to use one GRB as a beacon to study the properties of a high redshift galaxy, the composition of the gas in the intergalactic medium at high redshift and the formation of dust in the Universe.
by Guest | Aug 4, 2013 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries
Our special guest astrophysical classics series on Gunn & Peterson 1965 concludes with an examination — and apprehension — of the suspects responsible for reionization.