Peering through the lens of the Milky Way Supermassive Black Hole
One of the most important observations by the next generation of giant telescopes will be made by pointing towards the Supermassive Black Hole at the center of our galaxy.
UR: Using ALMA to Detect Millimeter Flaring Emission from Proxima Centauri
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Anna Estes used ALMA to characterize Proxima Centauri’s flaring emissions at millimeter wavelengths!
Dwarfs from ELVES: The structure of dwarf satellite galaxies
How does the structure of the smallest galaxies vary with different environments? Today’s authors use the ELVES survey to investigate!
Hunting for stellar splashback: defining the size of a galaxy cluster
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
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
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.