Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scouts Earn Their Classification Badges
In today’s paper, citizen scientists helped create the first major catalog of nearby clumpy galaxies as part of the Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout project.
Let’s Go Fly The Kite!
In today’s post the authors fly a galactic kite formed from tidal interactions between galaxies.
Are Spiral Galaxies Older than We Thought?
Today’s paper uses JWST to show that there are more spiral galaxies in the early universe than we previously expected.
Blowout: AGNs Quenching Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies
Astronomers tackle a big question regarding some of the smallest galaxies: how do massive black holes at their centers affect star formation?
Peeking into the Birth of Stars in Faraway Galaxies: Revolutionary view of infrared emission with JWST observations
How do we learn about the environments in which stars form? Today’s guest post by Hamid Hassani describes what we’ve learned about stellar birthplaces with JWST!
The search for the first stars to light up the Universe
One of JWST’s aims is to find the very first stars in the Universe – but is it up to the task?