The Impossible Planet: the Discovery of a Massive Exoplanet Challenges Planet Formation Models
The discovery of the planet LHS 3154b outside of our solar system suggests that state-of-the-art models of planet formation are flawed.
Digging down to the oldest stars: Galactic archeology in the Sagittarius dwarf cluster
What happens when we break a galaxy down to its fundamental building blocks? Today’s authors try to find out!
Could binaries grow the globular cluster family tree?
The presence of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters has puzzled astronomers for decades. Today’s paper investigates whether binary stellar mergers could explain this strange phenomenon!
Tracing Cosmic Winds in the Distant Universe with JWST and ALMA
Today’s bite focuses on the most distant galaxy observed to have a neutral gas outflow.
200 Millionth Anniversary Gift: A Necklace Made of Stars
200 million years after two galaxies began to merge and created one of the most powerful AGN outbursts ever observed, they left behind an arc of star formation resembling beads on a string.
Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scouts Earn Their Classification Badges
In today’s paper, citizen scientists helped create the first major catalog of nearby clumpy galaxies as part of the Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout project.