Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy?
Compact ultra-faint systems? More like confusing ultra-faint systems!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Priyamvada Natarajan
Today we interview Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan, a professor at Yale, winner of the 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics and a plenary speaker at #AAS247
Throwing Shade: How Clumps of Dark Matter Can Dim Starlight
Today’s paper shows us how to repurpose microlensing surveys to study clumps of dark matter drifting through space.
Part 2: Data Analysis with the DESI DR2 BAO
Today Astrobites is featuring results from the DESI DR2, published today in PRJ! In Part 2, we discuss 3 additional papers discussing the DESI BAO measurement.
Part 1: Key Results from the DESI DR2
Today Astrobites is featuring results from the DESI DR2, published today in PRJ! In Part 1, we cover the key results papers describing their measurements with DR2.
If primordial black holes are dark matter, would we know?
Today’s paper explores the detectability of primordial black holes as a potential dark matter candidate.