NCIS JWST: Analyzing The Aftermath of The Bullet Cluster’s Collision
BANG! That’s the sound of a new study of the Bullet Cluster that digs deep into where the system’s dark matter is and what properties it may have.
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.