2 Fast 2 Furious (for an AGN flare)
Today’s authors take a look at (possibly) the brightest flare from a supermassive black hole that we’ve ever seen!
Baby Galaxies Love to Take 100 Million Year Naps
Today’s paper investigates the star-forming histories of early galaxies and finds that galaxies form their stars in bursts, interspersed with lulls.
The Solar System in the Mirror
We have not found a Solar System analog, but upcoming missions stand to discover more and more multi-planet systems. We can begin to understand these systems by asking: what would our own Solar System look like to distant observers?
Celtic Constellations
Today, let’s learn about the Celts and their connections to the night sky!
Giant Impacts Go Boom (Machine Learning Edition)
During a phase of planet formation, planetary embryos interact, collide, and/or combine to form the surviving planets we know and love. Simulating this phase is computationally challenging, but could machine learning help out?
Interview Series: Jorge Moreno
For today’s bite, we sat down for a conversation with Professor Jorge Moreno, the fourth Mexican astronomer to earn tenure at an American university!