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How Spiral Galaxies Get their Arms
How do the arms of spiral galaxies arise? Do they change or come and go over time? UW-Madison astrophysicist Elena D'Onghia led a team of researchers from the UW and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics seeking answers to… Continue Reading »
Success Stories
Natalie Gosnell Leads Department Forward
Using Hubble Space Telescope data, graduate student Natalie Gosnell is investigating the formation mechanisms of blue straggler stars. She also worked to implement a family and medical leave policy for grad students. Continue Reading »
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High-Res Simulations and the Missing Satellites
Using Hi-Res computer simulations, Grainger Postdoctoral Fellow Alyson Brooks and collaborators show that supernovae lower the masses of satellite galaxies, possibly solving a decade-old mystery about why simulations without gas… Continue Reading »
SALT News
An Animated View of the Southern Sky
A new video shows a "telescope's eye view" of a night of observing at the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), each second of video equals 12 minutes of real time on sky. Continue Reading »
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A Slow-Rotating Pulsar in a Nearby Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a very slowly rotating X-ray pulsar still embedded in the remnant of the supernova that created it. This unusual object was detected on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy… Continue Reading »
