Not All Black Holes Who Wander Are Lost
Astrobites reports on a new diagnostic tool used to understand how the neighborhood a black hole grows up in may affect the rest of its life.
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The Invisible Architecture Between the Stars
Astrobites reports on why interstellar magnetic fields can appear ordered or tangled, depending on which gas clouds you measure and how.
SPHEREx: The Niftiest Space Telescope You May Not Have Heard Of
Astrobites reports on NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which is collecting an infrared spectrum for every point in the sky — potentially revolutionizing our understanding of cosmic inflation, galaxy formation, and interstellar ices.
An Early Discovery by Rubin Observatory
Astrobites reports on the discovery of a new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy in preview data taken before the start of Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 10-year survey.
A Sneak Peek into Early-Universe Star Formation with Boötes I
Astrobites reports on a hunt for evidence of a universal initial mass function using JWST observations of local relic galaxy Boötes I.
Dust Deal with It
Astrobites reports on why we might need a cosmic feather duster to see life on other worlds.
Thermal Electrons Can Explain the Mysterious Radio Behavior of a Tidal Disruption Event
Astrobites reports on how synchrotron emission from thermal electrons could help to explain the behavior of certain tidal disruption events.
Hitchhiking PAHs Caught Catching a Ride on Galactic Winds
Astrobites reports on JWST observations of dust that has survived being expelled from a galaxy into the circumgalactic medium.
Galaxies of Many Colors
Astrobites reports on whether our methods for weighing galaxies can help save cosmology from JWST’s universe-breaking galaxies.
Do Galaxies Really Glow in Sync — or Are We Just Tilting Our Heads?
Astrobites reports on whether the correlation between galactic radio, infrared, and gamma-ray emission is truly a sign that cosmic-ray electrons deposit all their energy before they can escape to intergalactic space.