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[Guest] The Walking Red: Why are you so quiet and overdense?

[Guest] The Walking Red: Why are you so quiet and overdense?

by Guest | Apr 3, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Why do we see so many massive, dead galaxies at early cosmic times? Guest author Tatevik Mkrtchyan illuminates a slice of the cosmic graveyard!

A Possible GLIMPSE of the Universe’s First Stars

A Possible GLIMPSE of the Universe’s First Stars

by Madison VanWyngarden | Mar 10, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s bite explores a new method to find the galaxies hosting the Universe’s first generation of stars

Do we actually know how old the Universe is?

Do we actually know how old the Universe is?

by Jayde Willingham | Mar 5, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

So we have a pretty good idea of how old the Universe is right? Well according to JWST data, maybe not? Rest assured, today’s bite gets to the bottom of the debate.

Stay tuned to Radio YZ Ceti: Isn’t that a magnetic conversation between star and planet?

Stay tuned to Radio YZ Ceti: Isn’t that a magnetic conversation between star and planet?

by Elise Koo | Feb 24, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Astronomers have tuned their radio telescopes to YZ Ceti, and it might be crackling with a magnetic conversation of a star and its planet. Is this a breakthrough detection, or just stellar noise playing tricks on us?

Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars

Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars

by Guest | Feb 14, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Are we missing out on a crucial stage of pulsar evolution? Guest author Tibby Finn Leeming shows how a lack of data can sometimes be misleading.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

by Niloofar Sharei | Feb 11, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries

Something is missing in the middle. In JWST JADES galaxies, young clumps drop out in the inner regions, while clump structure shifts from the outskirts to the center.

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