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Cosmic Cloud Collisions and the Birth of New Stars
When molecular clouds collide, spectacular things can happen, including star formation!
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Venus May Have Phosphine, But Mars Has Lakes Of LIQUID Water
Lakes of liquid water have been confirmed and mapped on Mars, underneath the icy surface of the planet’s South Pole. But how did we find them, and what do they mean?
On stars, distances, and tax fraud
When astronomers conduct a giant survey, they collect overwhelming amounts of data. But how can we check whether the data is correct? Well, today’s paper applies a mathematical curiosity generally used for detecting tax fraud: Benford’s law.
UR #30: How do you grow a galaxy?
Using new observations from the UVCANDELS survey, a possible link between recent star formation, merger frequency, and the size-mass evolution of massive, quiescent galaxies is investigated.
The secret ingredient of the Magellanic Stream
The formation of the Magellanic stream is a decades long mystery that might have been solved by considering corona. No, not that corona. . .
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