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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.

An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design

An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design

by Erica Sawczynec | Jan 3, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries, Instrumentation, Satellites

Today’s bite is an overview of the science motivation and design for a mid-resolution UV hybrid imaging-spectrograph concept named MAUVE!

Roasted Marshmallows Setting Fire to Our Understanding of Planet Formation?

Roasted Marshmallows Setting Fire to Our Understanding of Planet Formation?

by Skylar Grayson | Dec 16, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper demonstrates how spectroscopic observations of an exoplanet can help us understand its composition and formation history!

Fresh Eyes on the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex

Fresh Eyes on the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex

by Janette Suherli | Nov 21, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper gives us the first glimpse of the rich data taken with the new Local Volume Mapper project.

Zig-zagging across the universe

Zig-zagging across the universe

by William Lamb | Nov 20, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

What’s better than a single gravitational lens? A double gravitational lens! Learn about how light from a distant quasar zig-zags across the universe because of the first double gravitational lens to be observed!

Unveiling the Secrets of 4C+37.11: How Black Hole Duos Reshape Galaxies

Unveiling the Secrets of 4C+37.11: How Black Hole Duos Reshape Galaxies

by Guest | Sep 11, 2024 | Course Assignments, Daily Paper Summaries

Guest author Lucy Cheng Nie explains the impact that a newly discovered supermassive black hole binary has on its host galaxy!

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