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I spy with my large binocular eyes: a dusty torus around a supermassive black hole?

I spy with my large binocular eyes: a dusty torus around a supermassive black hole?

by Ryan White | Mar 17, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

There’s no sugar on this doughnut – might we need to ditch tori for large nuclear disks around active galactic nuclei? Today’s authors peer deep into NGC 4151 to find out!

Hiding in the Shadows: The KM3NeT Search for the Sun and Moon

Hiding in the Shadows: The KM3NeT Search for the Sun and Moon

by Isha Loudon | Mar 16, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

It’s looking a little (cosmic) rainy today! And the KM3NeT collaboration make the most of the muon downpour, testing for the presence of some familiar celestial bodies in their data.

Tracing Large Scale Structure with 270 Million Galaxies

Tracing Large Scale Structure with 270 Million Galaxies

by Drew Lapeer | Mar 14, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Today’s PRJ letter presents the largest mass map to date, highlighting large scale structure in the Universe!

How’s the Weather Looking on our Nearest Brown Dwarf Neighbors?

How’s the Weather Looking on our Nearest Brown Dwarf Neighbors?

by Jared Bull | Mar 13, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s bite, we’ll be exploring the turbulent skies of WISE 1049AB, one of the closest known systems to our own solar system. We’ll see how observations can reveal the nature of their atmospheres and how they can be used to better understand atmospheres of other giant planets.

Mixing planetary cocktails: one step further toward understanding sub-Neptunes

Mixing planetary cocktails: one step further toward understanding sub-Neptunes

by Flavia Pascal | Mar 12, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

We follow recipes for perfect cocktails, but we have yet to discover the recipe for sub-Neptune exoplanets. Today’s bite explores how hydrogen and silicates mix inside these mysterious worlds and what this tells us about their structure and evolution.

Neutri-yes or Neutri-no: Could Magnetars Explain Two Mysteries of the Universe?

Neutri-yes or Neutri-no: Could Magnetars Explain Two Mysteries of the Universe?

by Laurie Amen | Mar 11, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite explores if highly magnetic compact objects called magnetars could explain where the observed background of high-energy neutrinos in our Universe comes from!

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