A Dizzying Diversity of Dwarf Galaxies
Today’s paper explains why the rotation curves of dwarf galaxies continue to baffle astronomers.
How to Un-squash a Galaxy
Does our galaxy look like an Advil, a NyQuil, or just a simple sphere? The simulations studied in today’s paper may have the answer.
Making a Splash
Today’s paper takes a closer look at the after-effects of the Milky Way’s last major collision with another galaxy.
Twins for the Win!
How did Lindsay Lohan and Arnold Schwarzenegger find their way into a bite about binary stars? Read on to find out.
Three Stellar Populations? Unresolved Binaries? Mysteries of the Orion Nebula Cluster
Does the Orion Nebula Cluster actually include three distinct stellar populations? Or is it all just a bunch of unresolved binaries and triple systems?