Not-So Standard Candles: How a Bias in Distance Calculations Impacts Our Understanding of Dark Energy
Today’s paper explores how a potential bias in the way we calculate the distance to galaxies impacts our understanding of dark energy.
Dust in the Wind: A New Tool for Understanding Galactic Outflows
The galaxy M82 is host to an extended multiphase wind driven by star formation. Today’s paper attempts to use JWST observations of dust in the wind to understand the structure of its cooler gas.
Guide to CVs
What is a CV? How is this different from a résumé? How do I start building a CV? All of these questions and more await within this guide!
What’s Going On in Galaxy Clusters?
There is a lot we don’t understand about the gas in galaxy clusters. Today’s paper provides new insight using a powerful X-ray space telescope!
NSF and NASA Budget Requests Pose an Unprecedented Threat to Astronomy
The president’s budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. This post summarizes the major cuts and the impacts they would have, and provides resources to help fight back against this wasteful and unnecessary attack on science.