Found in our own Backyard: A Child of the First Stars?
A direct descendant of the first stars! Read today’s bite to learn how the authors found it.
Feed the Fire, Fade the Metals
Are cosmic clumps “homegrown”, or fueled by fresh inflow? Today’s authors find that star-forming clumps are usually more metal-poor than the disks around them.
UR: Data-Driven Analysis of Galactical Evolution
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how to estimate the metallicities of early galaxies using line ratios from JWST with Vidit Bhandari.
Fast metal factories at z ~ 5, lessons from ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST
JWST reveals galaxies that built up heavy elements at record speed, reaching near-modern metallicities only a billion years after the Big Bang.
A Tale of Two Quenching Pathways
Do galaxies shut off star formation from the inside-out or the outside-in? And what does that tell us about their history?
Failure is Sometimes an Option: Supernovae and Star formation in Globular Clusters
Recent research indicates that some supernova fail to ever explode. Today’s authors study what this means for our understanding of iron enrichment and star formation in nearby globular clusters.