Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Noemi Pinilla-Alonso
Today we interview Dr. Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, professor from the University of Central Florida-Florida Space Institute and one of this year’s #AAS244 keynote speakers!
Peeking into the Birth of Stars in Faraway Galaxies: Revolutionary view of infrared emission with JWST observations
How do we learn about the environments in which stars form? Today’s guest post by Hamid Hassani describes what we’ve learned about stellar birthplaces with JWST!
The search for the first stars to light up the Universe
One of JWST’s aims is to find the very first stars in the Universe – but is it up to the task?
Unsure if it is a really massive black hole? Take an X-ray scan!
Are these little red galaxies hosting supermassive black holes? Take an X-ray look at them to find out!
It’s over 4000! This supermassive black hole has gone Super-Eddington!
New discovery alert! This supermassive black hole is accreting way above the Eddington limit. Find out more about this interesting object in today’s bite.
What’s growing inside out and red all over? Little Red Dots!
Lurking behind a thick red blanket of gas, supermassive black holes are rapidly growing in very compact galaxies known as Little Red Dots, and they may hold some of the secrets of galaxy evolution.