Meet the AAS 247 Keynote Speakers: Prof Marcia Rieke
Today, we interview Prof Marcia Rieke, one of the founding mothers of infrared atronomy, the winner of 2025 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Adam Burgasser
Today we interview Dr. Adam Burgasser, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and a plenary speaker at #AAS247
Use the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Luke! The JEDIce view of a protoplanetary disc
JWST offers new insights into the vertical structure of this protoplanetary disc, special for the ambient emitting background that provides a back-light. Find out what the JEDIce program has discovered!
Black hole sun, won’t you come… help solve the little red dot mystery?
Today’s paper argues that a little red dot with a massive Balmer break could be a black hole star.
Resolving the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies
Studying dwarf galaxies provides unique insights to galaxy evolution. Today’s paper explores how resolving stellar populations of isolated galaxies allows us to determine their star formation history!
Forever Alone: A Black Hole Destined to Stay too Big
This ancient black hole is far too massive for its galaxy. Thirteen billion years later, it might still be haunting us.