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Hunting for stellar splashback: defining the size of a galaxy cluster

Hunting for stellar splashback: defining the size of a galaxy cluster

by Katy Proctor | Mar 17, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

How big is a galaxy cluster? Today’s authors use the remnants of destroyed galaxies to define the edge of galaxy clusters.

Spotting Spots on Other Stars

Spotting Spots on Other Stars

by Catherine Clark | Feb 11, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

What does the surface of a star look like? Today’s authors observe ζ And using long-baseline interferometry to find out!

Glimpsing Dark Objects with Gaia

Glimpsing Dark Objects with Gaia

by Macy Huston | Feb 6, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s authors work out a full orbital solution for a binary microlensing system, indicating the method’s potential to probe the mass distribution of dark objects.

Stuck in the Middle: A New Gamma-Ray Burst Defies the Norm

Stuck in the Middle: A New Gamma-Ray Burst Defies the Norm

by Wynn Jacobson-Galan | Dec 29, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Even for stellar explosions, this gamma-ray burst is a weird one!

Taking better astronomical images, with machine learning!

Taking better astronomical images, with machine learning!

by Briley Lewis | Dec 2, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Too many cool science projects, not enough telescope time. Can machine learning help solve this problem?

An eerily mature galaxy from the first 2 billion years

An eerily mature galaxy from the first 2 billion years

by John Weaver | Nov 7, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Something unexpected is peering out through the void

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