Satellite constellations will harm Rubin LSST science. What can we do?
Astronomers (and one SpaceX engineer) met at a three-day workshop to figure out how to prevent satellites from obstructing LSST science.
Astronomers Hate Them! This Star Formation Ingredient Makes Clusters Look 300 Million Years Older
Like a bouncer at a nightclub, JWST is trying to figure out if some star clusters are really as old as they say they are …
Three Supermassive Black Holes for the Price of One in the Early Universe
Today’s paper looks at a gaalxy hosting not one…not two…but three potential supermassive black holes!
Fast metal factories at z ~ 5, lessons from ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST
JWST reveals galaxies that built up heavy elements at record speed, reaching near-modern metallicities only a billion years after the Big Bang.
A Week Down Under, Unifying Theorists and Observers of the High-Redshift Universe
Today’s bite comes to your screen direct from the “Exploring the first billion years of the Universe” conference in Australia. Read on to find out what we’ve already discovered about the early Universe, and what’s still to come.
When Galaxies Get Clumpy: JWST Maps the Birth and Death of Star-Forming Clumps
You think stars form quietly? Think again. In the early universe, galaxies were packed with star-forming clumps. Some disrupted quickly, while others survived. Today’s paper reveals which lived and which died young.