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Jellyfish Galaxies Swimming Through Clusters
How can a cluster turn an ordinary galaxy into this mysterious creature?
Three Bodies and You’re Out: Ejecting the First Known Hypervelocity Globular Cluster
In today’s paper, astronomers try to figure out why one of M87’s globular clusters is leaving – and leaving fast.
Finding fire-breathing dragons in the Milky Way
Dark matter subhalos are invisible and hard to detect, but astronomers in today’s paper use stellar streams to take a stab.
The Galaxy Main Sequence: What’s in the Scatter?
What processes can explain the diversity in star formation rates exhibited by galaxies of similar masses? Today’s authors investigate this using the EAGLE simulation.
Protostars to Planets — The Chemical Pathway
ALMA line survey shows chemical abundances of several complex organic molecules are similar across four different molecular clouds with hugely varying properties!
Put A Ring On It
Could planetary rings explain why the exoplanet HIP 41378 f appears to have the density of cotton candy? Check out today’s paper to find out!
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