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Hunting in total darkness: the search for dust-obscured galaxies at cosmic dawn

Hunting in total darkness: the search for dust-obscured galaxies at cosmic dawn

by John Weaver | Jan 6, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

We know we don’t know everything about the first galaxies. Well, the mystery just deepened even further.

Pumping Aluminum: How Massive Stars Bulk Up Galactic Metal Content

Pumping Aluminum: How Massive Stars Bulk Up Galactic Metal Content

by Jason Hinkle | Dec 23, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Massive stars live fast and die young, making metals along the way.

All Aboard The Filament Express

All Aboard The Filament Express

by Ashley Piccone | Dec 16, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Filaments in the molecular cloud Serpens South are shuttling gas and dust towards a core of protostars, showing that magnetic fields likely play a role in star formation.

FIR(E)ing Up Star Formation in Galaxy Pairs

FIR(E)ing Up Star Formation in Galaxy Pairs

by Gloria Fonseca Alvarez | Dec 7, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper uses FIRE-2 galaxy merger simulations to study star formation during the galaxy-pair stage of interactions.

Parenting planets is a game-changer

Parenting planets is a game-changer

by Guest | Oct 30, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

How important is understanding the impact of stellar environment on stellar birth?

Cosmic Cloud Collisions and the Birth of New Stars

Cosmic Cloud Collisions and the Birth of New Stars

by Jason Hinkle | Oct 5, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

When molecular clouds collide, spectacular things can happen, including star formation!

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