The Heart of Darkness in a Cosmic Superstar
The black hole at the center of this galaxy might be masquerading as a population of stars – or maybe it actually acts like one.
Dust Ahead of Schedule: The Surprising UV Bump in a Galaxy at Cosmic Dawn
What do you get when baby galaxies crash and light up in UV? A surprising early signature of cosmic dust.
A New Spin on the Hubble Tension
The Hubble tension of the most perplexing puzzles in modern cosmology. In today’s paper, the authors explore whether a spinning Universe could resolve this tension.
Hungry Hungry Nova
Today’s bite features the beautiful red nova, ZTF SLRN-2020, and how its beauty may be the dying breath of a planet.
X-treme X-rays in an X-tra young system
Five years after this supermassive black hole started shining, its X-ray behavior is anything but ordinary.
NCIS JWST: Analyzing The Aftermath of The Bullet Cluster’s Collision
BANG! That’s the sound of a new study of the Bullet Cluster that digs deep into where the system’s dark matter is and what properties it may have.