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How stars dust themselves off and emerge from their hidden birthplaces

How stars dust themselves off and emerge from their hidden birthplaces

by Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas | Jul 9, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

When stars are born, they’re hidden behind dust and dense gas. How long will it take them to emerge?

Dust Curves with a Twist: JWST Shows One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Dust Curves with a Twist: JWST Shows One Size Doesn’t Fit All

by Niloofar Sharei | Jul 1, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Dust Curve Drama: JWST Reveals No One Law Fits All!

Cosmic Copycat – The First Detection of Water Ice in an Exo-Kuiper Belt

Cosmic Copycat – The First Detection of Water Ice in an Exo-Kuiper Belt

by Joe Williams | May 22, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

JWST has found the first evidence of water ice in a Kuiper Belt around another star – and the water ice in this one bears a striking resemblance to that in our own Solar System’s Kuiper Belt.

Are quasars growing in secret?

Are quasars growing in secret?

by Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas | May 15, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Supermassive black holes in the early universe seem to have grown too quickly in a limited amount of time. But might they have been hiding phases of growth from astronomers?

1,339 of These Are Not Like the Others: Uncovering Anomalies in Hubble Imaging

1,339 of These Are Not Like the Others: Uncovering Anomalies in Hubble Imaging

by Anavi Uppal | May 12, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

How do you search through 99.6 million images for weird and interesting galaxies? Instead of wasting years of your life doing it manually, you can use AnomalyMatch.

Is There a Black Hole Hiding in the Inner Solar System?

Is There a Black Hole Hiding in the Inner Solar System?

by Kylee Carden | Apr 28, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Mercury’s perplexing orbit led to the prediction of a new inner planet, Vulcan. Einstein’s general relativity removed the need for such a body, but today’s paper pursues a wild idea – does Vulcan exist as a primordial black hole?

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