Seeing Double: Binary stars in dwarf galaxies
Two (stars) aren’t always better than one, especially when you’re trying to track down dark matter in tiny galaxies.
Traits of Accreting Galaxies
Observations from the MaNGA survey help to answer the question: What are the features of a galaxy that appears to have undergone recent gas accretion?
Understanding Dwarf Galaxies with a Heart of Steel
Hydrodynamical simulations shed new light on the metallicity of stellar populations in dwarf galaxies.
Mirach’s Ghost and Mirach’s Goblin: A New Galaxy Found Near the Local Group
A amateur astronomer has discovered a galaxy lurking just beyond the Local Group which had gone unnoticed for centuries in the bright glow of neighboring star Mirach.
Chance the IMF: How small fluctuations can have big effects on dwarf galaxies
There ain’t no gosh darn part (of this Astrobite about star formation in dwarf galaxies) you can’t tweet.
How heavy is our Galaxy?
How can the orbits of satellite galaxies be used to pin down the mass of the Milky Way?