Active Galactic Nuclei have a history of causing trouble
Many astronomers believe that AGN activity is responsible for suppressing star formation. However, it appears that maybe the past behaviour of AGN is what’s really to blame.
What do enormous, fabulous slugs have to do with giant galaxy formation?
Before giant galaxies, it was all slugs, mammoths, and big nebulous blobs of emission: find out why in today’s astrobite!
How to jump start a supermassive black hole
Active Galactic Nuclei are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. But what is responsible for switching on these supermassive engines?
Catching High Energy Photons Leaking from Holey Galaxies
Today’s paper works to catch a leak with a new technique, using resolved Lyman-alpha line profiles to gain insight into the epoch of reionization
Dust off your old galaxies, we’ve got a new discovery!
An accidental discovery of two new galaxies, hiding behind clouds of dust in the furthest reaches of the Universe.
How was the universe reionized? Cosmic sunbursts provide hints
How does the radiation that caused reionization travel out of galaxies? Studying a strongly-lensed system called the Sunburst Arc could tell us more.