Duel of the Dual: The Mystery of a Quasar Pair
Today’s paper explores a binary quasar system that’s full of mysteries!
UR: SPECTRA Analysis of Early Universe Galaxies Using JWST Data
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Vidit Bhandari determined the physical conditions and chemical composition of galaxy Q2343-D40 using JWST.
Here There Be (Star-Filled) Dragons
Today’s paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away!
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.