Echoes of the First Light: A Mysterious Metal-Poor Galaxy at Cosmic Dawn
A tiny galaxy, barely metal-enriched, is packed with massive stars. Could it hold clues to the universe’s first stars?
Set Phase Curves to Stun!
When it rains on WASP-121b, it pours…crystals of rock! Today’s bite explores the JWST phase curve of an extreme exoplanet.
Spotting the Black Sheep of Black Holes
There are monstrous black holes in the centers of most galaxies. Today’s bite dissects one of them and questions how it could have grown so quickly.
A Dust Curve That Breaks the Mold
Today’s bite explores how JWST reveals a surprising dust curve in a distant galaxy, challenging what we know about cosmic dust!
Is Dark Matter lurking in the infrared Background?
In today’s bite, we look at a novel way of searching for dark matter using the background of images of galaxies in infrared wavelengths.
Fueling or Starving? The Role of Gas Flows in Early Galaxy Evolution
Today’s bite explores whether early galaxies are fueling up or blowing off steam—are they gaining gas or losing it to stellar feedback?