Live fast, die young: quiescent galaxies in the early universe
A newly discovered quiescent galaxy in the early universe strains our understanding of galaxy evolution
From One Satellite to Another: Finding Clusters with Gaia
2 new globular clusters detected by Gaia, and what we know about them.
The largest, ugliest duckling in the universe.
So much of our universe is stunningly beautiful. Let’s spend a little time on something that isn’t, and follow the journey from stunning spiral galaxies to plain old giant ellipticals.
Bulges are red, disks are blue…
…or are they? The color-mass diagram for galaxies can tell us a lot about galaxy evolution, and today’s paper reports what this diagram looks like at high redshifts.
The Milky Way – Tearing Apart Friendships for Billions of Years
Do the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies have their own satellites?
Catching Galactic Recycling In The Act
This little galaxy is churning out the ingredients necessary for planets and life at a frantic pace. New observations reveal the sharpest view yet of this cycle of gas and stardust.