Colossal collisions and how they’ve shaped the Milky Way
In today’s paper, astronomers show how massive collisions have shaped some of the properties of galaxies over time, giving insight into the formation of our own Milky Way.
Galactic Tails tell Galactic Tales – and this one is a Strange Tail Indeed
Today’s authors discovered a very long, very odd galactic tail, and discuss what that means for its origin and for the history of the galax(ies) involved!
A Light in the Dark
What’s out there in the dark? Today’s authors look at the very limits of our telescopes, and probe into the very depths of the low surface brightness universe. Almost unsurprisingly, there’s still a lot to find.
The terrible twos: the detection of a toddler black hole in the baby universe
JWST just made one of the highest-redshift galaxies ever observed even more interesting! Check out today’s bite to see what it found!
Space oddities: Do nearby galaxies differ from the cosmic standard?
Is there something interesting about our cosmic neighborhood? The authors of today’s paper think so!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Kathryne Daniel
Today we interview astrophysicist Kathryne Daniel for her plenary talk at #AAS242!