One is the Loneliest Number: Destroying Planet-Planet Binaries
Title: Can planet–planet binaries survive in star-forming regions? Authors: Richard J. Parker, Simon P. Goodwin, Jessica L. Diamond First author’s institution: Astrophysics Research Cluster, School of...
View ArticleHow stars dust themselves off and emerge from their hidden birthplaces
Title: Duration and properties of the embedded phase of star formation in 37 nearby galaxies from PHANGS-JWST Authors: Ramambason, L., Chevance, M., Kim, J. et al. First Author’s Institution: entrum...
View ArticleDust Curves with a Twist: JWST Shows One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Title: Unveiling the trends between dust attenuation and galaxy properties at z∼2−12 with JWST Authors: V. Markov, S. Gallerani, A. Pallottini, M. Brada, S. Carniani, R. Tripodi,, G. Noirot,, F. Di...
View ArticleCosmic Copycat – The First Detection of Water Ice in an Exo-Kuiper Belt
Paper Title: Water Ice in the Exo-Kuiper Belt Around HD 181327 Authors: C. Xie, C. H. Chen, C. M. Lisse, D. C. Hines, T. Beck, S. K. Betti, N. Pinilla-Alonso, C. Ingebretsen, K. Worthen, A. Gáspár, S....
View ArticleAre quasars growing in secret?
Title: Quasar lifetime measurements from extended Lyα nebulae at z~6 Authors: Ďurovčíková, D., Eilers A-C., Meyer, R. A., Paolo Farina, E., Bañados, E., Davies F. B., Hennawi, J. F., Mazzucchelli, C.,...
View Article1,339 of These Are Not Like the Others: Uncovering Anomalies in Hubble Imaging
Title: Identifying Astrophysical Anomalies in 99.6 Million Source Cutouts from the Hubble Legacy Archive Using AnomalyMatch Authors: David O’Ryan, Pablo Gómez First Author’s Institution: European...
View ArticleIs There a Black Hole Hiding in the Inner Solar System?
Title: And if Vulcan was a primordial black hole of planetary-mass? Author: Souren P. Pogossian First author’s institution: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France Status: Accepted to the...
View ArticleHow can we build trust in science?
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific guidance was constantly changing — there were different recommendations on the efficacy of masks, different numbers for how far COVID-19 droplets...
View ArticleYou Shall Not Pass! AGN Jets through the ISM
Title: You Shall Not Pass! The Propagation of Low-/Moderate-powered Jets Through a Turbulent Interstellar Medium Authors: Olga Borodina, Yueying Ni, Jake S. Bennett, Rainer Weinberger, Greg L. Bryan,...
View ArticleA Long, Hard Look at (Potentially) Nothing to See
Title: Examining the Nature of the Starless Dark Matter Halo Candidate Cloud-9 with Very Large Array Observations Authors: Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Rajeshwari Dutta, Michele Fumagalli, and Julio F....
View ArticleSet Phase Curves to Stun!
Title: A JWST NIRSpec Phase Curve for WASP-121b: Dayside Emission Strongest Eastward of the Substellar Point and Nightside Conditions Conducive to Cloud Formation Authors: Thomas Mikal-Evans, David K....
View ArticleStars on the Move: New Insights from the Galactic Center
Title: Discovery of a Dense Association of Stars in the Vicinity of the Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A* Authors: S. Elaheh Hosseini, Andreas Eckart, Michal Zajaček, Silke Britzen, Harshitha K. Bhat,...
View ArticleRude Awakenings: Black Holes Might Get Kicked When They’re Born
Title: Mixed origins: strong natal kicks for some black holes and none for others Authors: Pranav Nagarajan, Kareem El-Badry First Author’s Institution: Department of Astronomy, California Institute...
View ArticleM 82 (star)bursts onto the scene!
Title: An in-depth study of Gamma rays from the Starburst Galaxy M 82 with VERITAS Authors: The VERITAS Collaboration First Author’s institution: Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian,...
View ArticleThe “Picture an Astronomer” Symposium
This March 4-6, the University of Chicago Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics will be hosting the “Picture an Astronomer” symposium, funded by a grant from the University of Chicago Women’s...
View ArticleSo the Darkness Shall be Light: Roman’s View of Primordial Black Holes
Title: Revealing terrestrial-mass primordial black holes with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Authors: William DeRocco, Evan Frangipane, Nick Hamer, Stefano Profumo, Nolan Smyth First author’s...
View ArticleBlack Holes Grow Better With A Friend
Title: Low-mass Galaxy Interactions Trigger Black Hole Activity Authors: Mićić, M., Irwin, J. A., Nair, P., Wells, B. N., Holmes, O. J., and Eames, J. T. First Author’s Institution: Homer L. Dodge...
View ArticleThe Hubble Tension is Still Tense
Title: The Hubble Tension in our own Backyard: DESI and the Nearness of the Coma Cluster Authors: Scolnic, D., Riess, A. G., Murakami, Y. S., Peterson, E. R., Brout, D., Acevado, M., Carreres, B.,...
View ArticleSmoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!
Title: Exomoons of Circumbinary Planets Authors: Ben R. Gordon, Helena Buschermöhle, Wata Tubthong, David V. Martin, Sean Smallets, Grace Masiello, Liz Bergeron First Author’s Institution: Department...
View ArticleBeyond: The SuperComputing Conference (for Astronomers)
Disclaimer: The author of this bite was a student volunteer in 2023 and a lead student volunteer in 2024. While she is not being paid to write about SC, she has previously received...
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