A lonely little galaxy at the edge of our neighborhood
Today’s authors use machine learning to discover a lone wolf on the edge of the Milky Way’s neighborhood.
Can we identify the host galaxies of LISA sources?
The upcoming LISA mission promises to detect many gravitational wave events, but can it attribute any of them to a host galaxy? Let’s find out!
Tracing Star Fuel in the Universe’s Smallest Galaxies
It’s really hard to see molecular hydrogen (the fuel that makes stars) directly, so astronomers have to use other spectral lines to guess how much is there. In today’s paper, the authors discuss how to do that in the smallest galaxies in the universe!
A Sky Full of Stars: Stellar Populations with the JWST
In today’s post, we get a first look at resolved stellar populations with the JWST.
Uh oh, some Black Holes are experiencing Middle Child Syndrome!
Find out which ones and what the authors of today’s paper do to help!
Six tiny galaxies discovered right on our doorstep
Some of the smallest galaxies we know of live right next door to the Milky Way — but we’ve only just found them!