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Black Holes Grow Better With A Friend

Black Holes Grow Better With A Friend

by Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas | Feb 5, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Observations of dwarf galaxies, similar to early universe galaxies, show that a buddy galaxy can help trigger phases of rapid growth. That’s the power of friendship!

Watch out! There’s double-faced white dwarfs about

Watch out! There’s double-faced white dwarfs about

by Alexandra Masegian | Jan 31, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

How can one white dwarf have two different atmospheres? Today’s authors investigate the wacky behavior of ZTF J2033 to find out.

The Hubble Tension is Still Tense

The Hubble Tension is Still Tense

by Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas | Jan 10, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s authors make a high-precision measurement to address a key issue in modern cosmology: the Hubble tension. Read on to see what they found!

Hello 2025! What’s up for the New Year?

Hello 2025! What’s up for the New Year?

by Maria Vincent | Jan 1, 2025 | Current Events, Daily Paper Summaries

Amid grand fireworks displays around the globe, as the world ushers in yet another round trip around the Sun, many landmark milestones and exciting events are lined up in astronomy and space exploration in 2025. Today’s bite summarizes what to expect for this year.

Finding the Missing Bridges Between Galaxy Clusters

Finding the Missing Bridges Between Galaxy Clusters

by Delaney Dunne | Dec 11, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s paper, the authors look for the more than 50% of matter in the universe that’s ‘missing’ from our count by searching for bridges between clusters of galaxies.

Tracing the chemistry of our galactic ancestors

Tracing the chemistry of our galactic ancestors

by Katherine Lee | Dec 5, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

High-redshift galaxies are the keys to understanding our own galactic history, and today’s authors show us how.

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