Standardizing Standard Candles: Exploring the (lack of a) Bias in Cosmological Distance Measurements
Today’s paper tests some recent claims that there is a bias in cosmological distance measurements!
When space plasmas collide!!
In today’s paper, our authors model what shenanigans will occur (or not?) when we slam two plasmas together!
The Oldest Starlight
What if some of JWST’s most extreme high-redshift galaxy candidates aren’t galaxies at all, but the explosive deaths of the very first stars?
I Survived a Type Ia, and All I Got Was This Kick Velocity
Some type Ia supernovae involve a companion star that somehow survives the energetic explosion. What can we learn from these companions?
It’s not you, it’s me. I just need several parsec of space.
What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away.
Not-So Standard Candles: How a Bias in Distance Calculations Impacts Our Understanding of Dark Energy
Today’s paper explores how a potential bias in the way we calculate the distance to galaxies impacts our understanding of dark energy.