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UR: Exploring Galaxies from the Epoch of Reionization – The Effect of Neutral Hydrogen on Reionizing Photons
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Lauren Elicker studied light from some of the most distant observable galaxies to better understand how our universe was reionized!
JWST’s Supermassive Implications for Black Hole Seeds and Galaxy Co-Evolution
How do distant supermassive black holes affect their host galaxies? And how were they formed? Today’s paper explores these questions with a sample distant SMBHs discovered by JWST!
Galaxies so crooked they could hide behind a spiral staircase
Did a galaxy ever lie to you? Likely not. But they can be crooked on a whole other level. In today’s bite, find out how the authors found a way to exploit the galaxy’s skewness to their advantage.
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To the [Exo]Moon and Back: Understanding Limitations of Exomoon Detections
Could we detect exomoons through transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets? Today’s authors seek to understand if HIP 41378 f could potentially host an exomoon!
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Garbage [priors] in, garbage [posteriors] out: The importance of astrophysics in tests of general relativity
Before you fit your favourite models to some data, you should know something about your parameters beforehand! Find out why in today’s article
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