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Do we actually know how old the Universe is?

Do we actually know how old the Universe is?

by Jayde Willingham | Mar 5, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

So we have a pretty good idea of how old the Universe is right? Well according to JWST data, maybe not? Rest assured, today’s bite gets to the bottom of the debate.

Feeding Time at the AGN Zoo

Feeding Time at the AGN Zoo

by Nicki Bond | Mar 4, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

How do the eating habits (accretion) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) affect the light emitted for animals in the AGN zoo?

A Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Eating a Star

A Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Eating a Star

by Serat Saad | Mar 2, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

For the first time, a supermassive black hole is discovered away from its galaxy’s center, exposed when it tears apart a star in a tidal disruption event.

Shaken and Stirred: Putting the Local Group on a weighing scale. 

Shaken and Stirred: Putting the Local Group on a weighing scale. 

by Neel Kolhe | Feb 25, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

The “timing argument” overestimates the total mass of the local group by oversimplifying it to a two body problem, a new study explore how the complex merger history of objects in the group affect its mass estimates.

There’s a great wave rippling through our galaxy

There’s a great wave rippling through our galaxy

by Julie Kiel Holm | Feb 20, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

The dynamics of our galaxy become evermore complicated as today’s authors discover a mysterious wave propagating out towards its outskirts.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

by Niloofar Sharei | Feb 11, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Something is missing in the middle. In JWST JADES galaxies, young clumps drop out in the inner regions, while clump structure shifts from the outskirts to the center.

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