The Early Universe Was Bananas
Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?
Outstanding work from my colleague Viraj Pandya looking at the 3D shapes of galaxies in the early universe. The implication is they don't form in isolation but feel the effects of the cosmic web around them. Viraj is talking about this at #AAS243 today www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/s...
09.01.2024 14:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
star formation histories of galaxies during the first few billion years after the Big Bang. Some are "napping" between star-forming episodes.
JWST results in the distant universe: galaxies in the early universe spend more time resting between star-formation episodes. This means something different is happening in how they form stars. Great work from NASA FINESST investigator Justin Cole at Texas A&M. arxiv.org/abs/2312.10152
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Pedestrian deaths have increased says @nytimes.com, faster in the US than other countries, and mostly at night (specifically at dusk). I am a fan of using data to understand these kinds of thing. More data are needed here. In the meantime be safe! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
11.12.2023 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Images of galaxies from JWST and their hydrogen emission (also from JWST), which shows where stars are forming.
Happy to join bluesky. First post is to highlight excellent paper led by Dr. Lu Shen using JWST to understand how galaxy bulges form. Images show where stars form in galaxies (from their Hydrogen emission) compared to the galaxies themselves. arxiv.org/abs/2310.13745
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Astrophysicist studying supermassive black holes, enthusiastic home cook and science fiction fan, unenthusiastic runner.
NZ theoretical astrophysicist studying exploding binary stars. Sci-fi addict, feminist, non-binary femme. Pronouns: she/her/they. All views my own.
Astrophysicist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics & U. Washington.
Extragalactic observer (black holes, galaxies, galaxy clusters, stellar pops) that also dabbles in planetary astronomy. Really, basically a pixel pusher.
Astronomy professor, author of #TheLastStargazers, weird star enthusiast, human exclamation point.
"Hope and a token will get you on the subway" - some anonymous New York prophet calling in to a WBAI radio talk show to complain about Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings.
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professor studying galaxy evolution & cpo at vanguardstem
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Assistant Professor of Astrophysics, studying the evolution of galaxies, University of Cambridge, Fellow of St Edmunds College 🇨🇭🇺🇲🇰🇷🇬🇧
Astronomer studying galaxies, clusters, and dark matter. Envisioning the future of space astronomy. My posts are my own views. (he/him)
astronomer, frustrated sports fan, perpetually confused family man.
Associate Professor at RIT investigating galaxy evolution. Co-lead of the COSMOS Collaboration. Passionate about public outreach, science communication, and inclusivity. Currently working on all things JWST (especially, COSMOS-Web, CEERS, NGDEEP, PRIMER).
MPIA Prize Fellow at The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. 🔭 Galaxy Evolution with Space-based Slitless Spectroscopy 🔭. Former DAWN Fellow at The Cosmic Dawn Center and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University. 🇬🇧 -> 🇺🇸-> 🇩🇰 -> 🇩🇪.
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