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Seeing Stars: Juicing up JWST with 5000x Magnification

Seeing Stars: Juicing up JWST with 5000x Magnification

by Ansh Gupta | May 27, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

We pointed JWST at a galaxy magnified 5000 times by the universe–what did we learn by seeing the unseeable?

Surfing the (Cosmic) Web

Surfing the (Cosmic) Web

by Madison VanWyngarden | May 26, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

How astronomers used the largest JWST survey to build a new map of the Universe

Little Red Dots and Shaq’s Huge Feet

Little Red Dots and Shaq’s Huge Feet

by Ben Sherwin | May 25, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Little Red Dots may just be the Shaqs of the galaxy world: extreme and impressive, but not a new kind of object.

A Treasure Trove of Asteroids

A Treasure Trove of Asteroids

by Elise Koo | Apr 29, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Sometimes the real treasure is the asteroids we find along the way…

Dawn of the Red Monsters

Dawn of the Red Monsters

by Madison VanWyngarden | Apr 14, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite reports the discovery of the most distant red galaxy ever confirmed!

Too Massive, Too Early… and Still Not Massive Enough?

Too Massive, Too Early… and Still Not Massive Enough?

by Niloofar Sharei | Apr 7, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

What if JWST’s early massive galaxies are not overestimated, but underestimated? A bottom-heavy IMF could hide tons of mass in faint stars.

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