Renske Smit
@renskerens.bsky.social
Reader in observational astrophysics. Parent. From Amsterdam, living in Liverpool <3
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From Niloofar Sharei @astroneal.bsky.social : What do you get when baby galaxies crash and light up in UV? A surprising early signature of cosmic dust. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/04/21/dust-ahead-of-schedule-uv-bump/
astrobites.org/2025/04/21/dust-ahead-of-schedule-uv-bump/
Dust Ahead of Schedule: The Surprising UV Bump in a Galaxy at Cosmic Dawn
What do you get when baby galaxies crash and light up in UV? A surprising early signature of cosmic dust.
astrobites.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
From Niloofar Sharei @astroneal.bsky.social : What do you get when baby galaxies crash and light up in UV? A surprising early signature of cosmic dust. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/04/21/dust-ahead-of-schedule-uv-bump/
astrobites.org/2025/04/21/dust-ahead-of-schedule-uv-bump/
Reposted by Renske Smit
Unexpected, bright hydrogen emission caught astronomers by surprise 🔭😳
I'm proud to have led a study reporting this surprising result, which is now published in @nature.com. Read more in this Behind the paper post and in the thread below! 👇
I'm proud to have led a study reporting this surprising result, which is now published in @nature.com. Read more in this Behind the paper post and in the thread below! 👇
Unexpected, bright hydrogen emission caught astronomers by surprise
While the Universe right after the Big Bang was blisteringly hot, a rapid expansion and cooldown subsequently rendered it opaque to energetic ultraviolet light. This ‘fogginess’ was gradually cleared ...
communities.springernature.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unexpected, bright hydrogen emission caught astronomers by surprise 🔭😳
I'm proud to have led a study reporting this surprising result, which is now published in @nature.com. Read more in this Behind the paper post and in the thread below! 👇
I'm proud to have led a study reporting this surprising result, which is now published in @nature.com. Read more in this Behind the paper post and in the thread below! 👇
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It's paper day! 🔭 Very excited to share that my latest paper, and the first to come from my PhD, is on
arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2502.21119
arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2502.21119
Detection of the 2175Å UV Bump at z>7: Evidence for Rapid Dust Evolution in a Merging Reionisation-Era Galaxy
Dust is a fundamental component of the interstellar medium (ISM) within galaxies, as dust grains are highly efficient absorbers of UV and optical photons. Accurately quantifying this obscuration is cr...
arxiv.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It's paper day! 🔭 Very excited to share that my latest paper, and the first to come from my PhD, is on
arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2502.21119
arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2502.21119