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What if Mars were a Stranger (Thing)?

What if Mars were a Stranger (Thing)?

by Ben Sherwin | May 28, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

If our familiar red neighbor were a stranger light-years away, would we even know what we were looking at?

Little Red Dots and Shaq’s Huge Feet

Little Red Dots and Shaq’s Huge Feet

by Ben Sherwin | May 25, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Little Red Dots may just be the Shaqs of the galaxy world: extreme and impressive, but not a new kind of object.

Observing the Universe’s Teenage Angst with Dropout Galaxies and CMB Lensing

Observing the Universe’s Teenage Angst with Dropout Galaxies and CMB Lensing

by Ben Sherwin | Feb 23, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s bite, we explore a new method for studying how structure grows during the Universe’s formative teenage years, using rebellious dropout galaxies and peer-pressured CMB photons.

Dispu-tau-ble: When the Fog of Reionization Lifts, Mysteries Deepen

Dispu-tau-ble: When the Fog of Reionization Lifts, Mysteries Deepen

by Guest, Ben Sherwin | Sep 16, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s guest post, we explore if a small change in how we model the early universe could help solve issues in our understanding of dark energy and neutrinos.

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