by William Balmer | Apr 11, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
Astronomers have just found Jupiter’s twin in a distant solar system. Their discovery technique may surprise you, and might just be the most important method for discovering Earth-like exoplanets in the next decade…
by Pratik Gandhi | Apr 7, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
What do mythology, Tolkien, and astrophysics have in common?
by Jana Steuer | Mar 2, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
Finding isolated black holes is really tricky, since they are basically invisible. But today’s authors have managed to find one anyways, by using the great multi-tool of gravitational microlensing!
by Abby Lee | Feb 8, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries
How can we use gravitational lensing to measure the expansion rate of the Universe?
by Laila Linke | Dec 21, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries
The cold spot is a strange feature in the CMB that has puzzled astronomers for years. Today’s authors use gravitational lensing to find at least a partial cause: A giant supervoid extending 1.8 billion light years!
by Olivia Cooper | Sep 30, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries
Traces of magnified dust offer a requiem to early, dead galaxies that ran out of gas