Daily Summary for 2026-10-07

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In short

This episode of Astrophysics Radio covers research from October 7, 2026. The hosts introduce the day's papers, noting that 107 new papers were published. Vera, Jocelyn, and guest researcher Subrahmanyan will review the research in one pass before selecting specific papers to discuss further.

Key concepts

Astrophysics Radio: The name of the show which unpacks the week's best astrophysics research for listeners.
New Papers: The number of new scientific papers that were published on October 7, 2026. There were 107 new papers released that day.
Research Review: The process where the hosts, Vera and Jocelyn, review the published research from the day to select specific papers for deeper discussion.

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Transcript

Introduction to the show: ident: Astrophysics Radio. The week's best astrophysics papers, unpacked for curious ears.

Vera: It's the seventh of October, twenty twenty-six, and this is the day's research.

Jocelyn: 107 new papers came out today.

Vera: I'm Vera, and with me are Jocelyn and Subrahmanyan, guest researcher.

Jocelyn: We'll take the day in one pass, then pull out the papers we're staying with.

The summary: Vera: Welcome to the seventh of October, twenty twenty six. Today we review our research findings.

Jocelyn: We focused on how galaxies and active galactic nuclei shape cosmic reionization.

Subrahmanyan: We used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe ionizing radiation in a quasar field.

Vera: A key piece involved examining power-law coupling affecting surface-density anisotropy diagnostics in galaxy clusters.

Jocelyn: That helps map dark matter halo structure, which informs large-scale structure formation.

Subrahmanyan: We also looked at high mass core candidates using ALMA observations at 1.3mm resolution.

Vera: This pinpoints environments of forming massive stars and black holes directly.

Jocelyn: We investigated ionizing photon leakage and spectral hardening in HII region interactions with diffuse gas.

Subrahmanyan: This is crucial for modeling the reionization process connecting star-forming regions to the intergalactic medium.

Vera: Finally, we looked at hierarchical black hole mergers at high redshift using SEEDZ predictions for LISA and LGWA.

Jocelyn: This complements local galaxy studies on how supermassive black holes grow in the early universe.

Subrahmanyan: The most significant work tested how radiation pressure shapes winds around quasars.

Vera: This helps understand if pressure drives the feedback needed to regulate galaxy growth.

Jocelyn: One study found an X-ray spectral scaling relationship for black hole mass in RX J1301.9+2747.

Subrahmanyan: That constrains energy release from these active galactic nuclei sources.

Vera: Another effort modeled early heavy element production using a phenomenological approach to determine their first creation site.

Jocelyn: This provides context for the material that drives galactic winds.

Subrahmanyan: Work on COSMOS-3D provided spectroscopic confirmation of Shabgard, a cool brown dwarf in the COSMOS Field.

Vera: This confirms specific stellar populations within a known region of space.

Jocelyn: The impact of feedback and cosmology on Cosmic Infrared Background cross-correlations was also examined.

Subrahmanyan: This links large-scale structure to energetic processes happening in individual galaxies.

Vera: There were studies on merger-driven signatures in massive black hole pair hosts across cosmic time.

Jocelyn: This maps how mergers influence black holes over billions of years, connecting local physics to larger structures.

Subrahmanyan: The most important work investigated the dense dark matter core of the subhalo in JVAS B1938+666.

Vera: Gravitational lensing data constrained models revealing a specific density profile that challenges simpler predictions.

Vera: Probing departures from Schwarzschild geometry using the S301 star tests general relativity in strong fields.

Jocelyn: How light bends around massive objects provides observational tests for Einstein's theory of gravity.

Subrahmanyan: This refines our understanding of spacetime in extreme astrophysical scenarios.

Vera: Variable mass-loss in low-mass red giants within 47 Tuc tracks atmospheric motions across stellar evolution.

Jocelyn: Changes in material shed give insight into their internal processes as they age.

Subrahmanyan: This connects to dark matter mapping physical processes across different scales.

Vera: The ATWEB project maps the baryon budget of the universe within halos over thirteen billion years.

Jocelyn: This simulation accounts for where all normal matter resides across vast cosmic epochs.

Subrahmanyan: It sets a framework for how baryonic matter is distributed, informing localized findings.

Vera: Understanding galaxy evolution across cosmic time is the most significant finding this morning.

Jocelyn: The work on the cosmic web between zero point four and four provides a crucial framework.

Subrahmanyan: This maps out the environment where star formation occurs within large-scale structure.

Vera: Constraints on black holes in red-sequence elliptical galaxies at redshifts zero point seven to two point five were seen.

Jocelyn: This suggests these black holes are remnants rather than a primary source of dark energy.

Subrahmanyan: It refines our models of galaxy growth and supermassive black hole roles.

Vera: Discovery of isolated, quenched candidate backsplash dwarf galaxies near M101 hints at structure effects.

Jocelyn: This shows even small systems are not entirely isolated from larger structures.

Subrahmanyan: Study on barium and europium abundances offers a chemical fingerprint of stellar populations.

Vera: This data feeds into models trying to understand how galaxies form and evolve over time.

Jocelyn: Confirming a high-redshift Ly alpha blob is the most significant development today.

Subrahmanyan: This provides insight into early structure formation in the very early cosmos.

Vera: EMIR observations verified SHARDS20018464, mapping how light behaved in that era.

Jocelyn: Work on black holes in our galaxy focuses on uncovering their physical origins using various methods.

Subrahmanyan: This contributes to understanding galactic evolution and dark matter distribution within the Milky Way.

Vera: Spectroscopic confirmation of Milky Way satellites like Boötes V and Leo Minor I was done.

Jocelyn: These studies provide detailed information about these small ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.

Subrahmanyan: A study detailed the relaxation of a Vlasov gas into an inhomogeneous state within an axisymmetric potential.

Vera: This used a Newtonian analogy for Kerr orbital motion, foundational for gravitational evolution understanding.

Jocelyn: Efforts were made to directly identify a multi-star microlens system hosting a planet.

Subrahmanyan: This discovery offers a new way to detect planets around stars using gravitational lensing effects.

Vera: ALMA surveys yielded the first interstellar detection of fully deuterated methanol.

Jocelyn: That finding is significant for understanding chemistry within young stellar objects.

Subrahmanyan: The isotopic fractionation of methane tells us about physical conditions in low-mass protostars.

Vera: This work used ALMA spectral surveys to look at methyl cyanide isotopologues toward BHR71-IRS1.

Jocelyn: They found the observed ratios are consistent with chemical models of cold cores.

Subrahmanyan: This suggests a certain level of chemical complexity is present in these early stages.

Vera: This builds on previous work concerning complex organic molecules in protostars to understand chemistry where stars begin.

Jocelyn: A related effort focused on improving data reduction for line-rich broadband millimeter spectra.

Subrahmanyan: This is a necessary step before we can accurately interpret the molecular lines from sources like BHR71-IRS1.

Vera: Another piece of research explored reflex instabilities in accretion discs showing seven different instabilities.

Jocelyn: This helps explain how chaotic accretion might still account for the growth of early supermassive black holes.

Subrahmanyan: A graph attention network framework was developed to simultaneously predict galaxy and dark matter halo properties using GAMA DR4 data.

Vera: This method is significant because it attempts to link large-scale structure information directly with dark matter halo properties.

Jocelyn: The most significant work involves investigating the cosmic-ray inverse-Compton origin for pressure deficit in ZwCl 3146.

Subrahmanyan: This is crucial because it helps us understand how energy is distributed in these massive structures.

Vera: Researchers explored a model where cosmic voids evolve under modified gravity using hydrodynamics.

Jocelyn: This suggests the large-scale structure of space might behave differently than standard cosmology predicts.

Subrahmanyan: This work connects to efforts to alleviate the Hubble tension by proposing coupled dark energy and dark matter interactions.

Vera: A related line of inquiry looked at stochastic bubble completion in de Sitter space examining its power spectrum.

Jocelyn: This investigation is important because it probes the fundamental nature of spacetime on cosmological scales.

Subrahmanyan: Furthermore, there was development on creating a fast and accurate differentiable code for the galaxy power spectrum.

Vera: This computational tool is valuable because it allows for quicker simulations of how galaxies cluster under different theoretical frameworks.

Jocelyn: Another piece of research focused on probing beyond the cosmic horizon to gather new data points.

Subrahmanyan: Finally, work was done on the stochastic effect on ultralight dark matter searches using astronomical polarized sources.

Vera: The work on gravitational self-lensing of fast radio bursts in neutron star magnetospheres is most significant.

Jocelyn: This directly probes extreme physics near compact objects and has implications for high-energy astrophysical events.

Subrahmanyan: We explored how this lensing effect manifests when considering strong repeaters and the CHIME population suggesting a new interpretation.

Vera: This investigation built upon previous studies that examined power-law injection spectra from reconnecting current sheets.

Jocelyn: Providing insight into the underlying plasma dynamics that might cause these lensing signatures.

Subrahmanyan: Furthermore, the classification of X-ray binaries in NGC 6946 using multiwavelength data offered a broader context.

Vera: This research also touched upon reflex instabilities in disc simulations showing how frame-dependent boundaries affect structure.

Jocelyn: This is connected to the work on halo mass functions constraining early galaxy and AGN populations dealing with modeling large-scale structures.

Subrahmanyan: Finally, the evolution of neutrino distributions under repeated electron scattering provides a fundamental look at particle interactions in extreme environments.

Vera: Today's papers include Probing Direct Contributions of Galaxies and AGN to Cosmic Reionization in a Quasar Field J0226+0302 with JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec.

Jocelyn: This paper uses the James Webb Space Telescope to study how galaxies and active galactic nuclei contributed to reionizing the early universe.

Subrahmanyan: Power-law Coupling and Mock Validation of a Surface-density Anisotropy Diagnostic for 85 Rich Galaxy Clusters tests a method for measuring surface density variations.

Vera: This work tests a method for measuring surface density variations in galaxy clusters using mock data simulations.

Jocelyn: Cracking open the "dragon egg": ALMA 1.3mm observations of a compact, young high-mass core candidate at 30mas resolution uses ALMA for detailed images.

Subrahmanyan: This paper uses ALMA to get very detailed images of a compact, young core inside a high-mass galaxy.

Vera: DIGging into HII regions: the role of ionizing photon leakage and spectral hardening in coupling HII regions and diffuse ionized gas explores photon leakage effects.

Jocelyn: This research explores how ionizing photons leak out of HII regions and affect the surrounding diffuse ionized gas.

Subrahmanyan: Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers at High Redshift: Predictions for LISA and LGWA from SEEDZ predicts what gravitational waves from merging black holes will look like.

Vera: This study predicts what gravitational waves from merging black holes will look like using the SEEDZ simulation.

Jocelyn: A spatially resolved view of Fast Radio Burst host metallicities with Integral-field Spectroscopy uses integral-field spectroscopy to map galaxy metal content.

Subrahmanyan: This paper uses integral-field spectroscopy to map the metal content of galaxies that host fast radio bursts.

Vera: BRAHMa: Bar Recognition And Hatching using Machine learning a framework for oriented bounding box detection of galactic bars introduces a machine learning method.

Jocelyn: This paper introduces a machine learning method to find and outline galactic bars in images.

Subrahmanyan: The Rogue One: A Dark Matter-Dominated Dwarf in the Trail of Dark Matter-Deficient Galaxies examines dark matter influence on dwarf galaxy evolution.

Vera: This paper examines how dark matter influences the evolution of dwarf galaxies that lack much dark matter.

Jocelyn: Radiation pressure powers quasar broad absorption line winds but fails to drive galaxy feedback investigates radiation pressure's role in quasar effects.

Subrahmanyan: This study investigates whether radiation pressure is enough to explain how quasars affect their host galaxies.

Vera: COSMOS-3D: Spectro-photometric Confirmation of Shabgard, a Cool, Metal-poor Brown Dwarf in the COSMOS Field confirms existence using spectroscopic data.

Jocelyn: This paper confirms the existence of a cool brown dwarf using spectroscopic data from the COSMOS field.

Subrahmanyan: Early galactic heavy element production - a phenomenological approach proposes modeling how heavy elements were first created in early galaxies.

Vera: This work proposes a way to model how heavy elements were first created in early galaxies.

Jocelyn: X-ray spectral scaling of black hole mass in quasi-periodic eruptive source RX J1301.9+2747 finds a relationship between X-ray spectrum and black hole mass.

Subrahmanyan: This paper finds a relationship between the X-ray spectrum and the mass of black holes in certain types of eruptive sources.

Vera: The impact of feedback and cosmology on Cosmic Infrared Background cross-correlations looks at how feedback affects correlations in the cosmic infrared background.

Jocelyn: This research looks at how feedback from galaxies and cosmological models affect correlations in the cosmic infrared background.

Subrahmanyan: Galaxy merger-driven signatures in massive black hole pair hosts across cosmic time looks for signs of galaxy mergers in massive black hole environments.

Vera: This study looks for signs of galaxy mergers in the environments where massive black holes are found over time.

Jocelyn: Euclid: Impact of halo mass-conversion model assumptions on galaxy cluster number-count analyses assesses assumptions about halo mass conversion.

Subrahmanyan: This paper assesses how different assumptions about halo mass conversion affect the counting of galaxy clusters using Euclid data.

Vera: How deep can a cosmic void be? Voids-informed theoretical bounds in Galileon gravity explores maximum possible depth of cosmic voids.

Jocelyn: This research explores the maximum possible depth of cosmic voids within modified gravity theories like Galileon gravity.

Subrahmanyan: A dense dark matter core of the subhalo in the strong lensing system JVAS B1938+666 examines dense dark matter structure at a galaxy's subhalo center.

Vera: This paper examines the dense dark matter structure found at the center of a galaxy's subhalo using strong lensing.

Jocelyn: Unraveling the mysteries of Jets in peculiar NLSy1 galaxies through multi-wavelength variability uses different wavelengths to understand jet behavior.

Subrahmanyan: This study uses different wavelengths to understand how jets behave in peculiar narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies.

Vera: The variable mass-loss in low-mass red giant stars: Chromospheric motion across stellar evolution in 47 Tuc investigates mass loss rate changes with evolution.

Jocelyn: This paper investigates how the mass loss rate of low-mass red giants changes as they evolve, using observations of the star 47 Tucanae.

Subrahmanyan: Probing departures from Schwarzschild geometry with the S301 star and kilometre-baseline interferometry checks if a star's gravity deviates from standard solution.

Vera: This work uses high-precision interferometry to check if a star's gravity deviates from the standard Schwarzschild solution.

Jocelyn: And Then There WEre Baryons: The Baryon Budget of the Universe in Halos and the IGM over 13 Billion Years of Cosmic Time calculates baryon distribution within cosmic halos.

Subrahmanyan: This paper calculates how baryons are distributed within cosmic halos and the intergalactic medium over 13 billion years of cosmic time.

Vera: Molecular hydrogen formation on dust: the impact of gas-dust drift on formation efficiency looks at dust effects on molecular hydrogen formation.

Jocelyn: This study looks at how dust particles affect the process of molecular hydrogen forming in gas clouds.

Subrahmanyan: Multiple H I 21-cm absorbers towards blazar PKS 1158+007 uses observations to find multiple regions of neutral hydrogen gas near a bright blazar.

Vera: This paper uses observations to find multiple regions of neutral hydrogen gas near a bright blazar.

Jocelyn: The universal thickness of mid-infrared bubbles determines the typical size or thickness of bubbles seen in mid-infrared images.

Subrahmanyan: This research determines the typical size or thickness of bubbles seen in mid-infrared images.

Vera: Life in the Cosmic Neighbourhood: Galactic Habitable Zones in the EAGLE Simulations examines where habitable zones for life might exist within simulated galaxies.

Jocelyn: This paper examines where habitable zones for life might exist within galaxies simulated by the EAGLE cosmological model.

Subrahmanyan: Barium and europium abundances from the Gaia-ESO Survey using The Cannon measures abundance of barium and europium elements in stars.

Vera: This study measures the abundance of barium and europium elements in stars using data from the Gaia-ESO survey.

Jocelyn: The Role of the Cosmic Web in Galaxy Evolution Across 0.4<z<4 investigates how structure in the cosmic web influences galaxy evolution between redshifts.

Subrahmanyan: This paper investigates how structure in the cosmic web influences how galaxies evolve between redshifts of 0.4 and 4.

Vera: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys: I. Overview of the ALMA Large Program is an overview of the large-scale program.

Jocelyn: This is an overview of the large-scale program using ALMA to study complex organic molecules in protostars.

Subrahmanyan: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys VI. Discovery of a class I methanol maser transition and its association with acetaldehyde reports a specific chemical signature discovery.

Vera: This paper reports the discovery of a specific chemical signature, acetaldehyde, associated with a methanol maser in protostars.

Jocelyn: ApPolLO: Apertif counterparts of Polarised LOFAR sources finds telescope images corresponding to radio sources observed by LOFAR with polarization information.

Subrahmanyan: This paper finds the telescope images corresponding to radio sources observed by LOFAR that have polarization information.

Vera: Black Holes in the Red-sequence Elliptical Galaxies at Redshifts about 0.7-2.5: Not Dark Energy Source but Remnants of Little Red Dots investigates black holes as remnants.

Jocelyn: This study investigates whether black holes in early elliptical galaxies are remnants rather than dark energy sources.

Subrahmanyan: Discovery of Isolated, Quenched Candidate Backsplash Dwarf Galaxies near M101 reports finding a small, isolated galaxy that appears quenched near M101.

Vera: This paper reports the finding of a small, isolated galaxy that appears quenched near the galaxy M101.

Jocelyn: A homogeneous three-dimensional view of Molecular Cloud kinematics out to 2.5 kpc using Young Stellar Objects and Open Clusters as tracers provides a 3D map of molecular cloud movement.

Subrahmanyan: This paper provides a 3D map of how molecular clouds are moving using young stars and open clusters as markers.

Vera: Relaxation of a Vlasov gas to an inhomogeneous state due to phase space mixing in an axisymmetric potential is a Newtonian analogy for Kerr orbital motion relaxation.

Jocelyn: This paper uses a Newtonian analogy to describe how a gas distribution relaxes in an axisymmetric gravitational field, similar to black hole orbits.

Subrahmanyan: EMIR confirmation of the high-z Ly alpha blob SHARDS20018464 confirms existence of a specific Lyman alpha emission feature at high redshift using EMIR data.

Vera: This paper confirms the existence of a specific Lyman alpha emission feature at high redshift using data from the EMIR telescope.

Jocelyn: First Direct Identification of a Multi-Star Microlens System Hosting a Planet identifies a system where multiple stars act as lenses to find planet evidence.

Subrahmanyan: This research identifies a system where multiple stars act as lenses to find evidence for planets.

Vera: Uncovering the Physical Origins of Black Holes in the Milky Way for Astronomical Surveys seeks to understand black hole origins within our galaxy.

Jocelyn: This paper seeks to understand where black holes within our own galaxy come from using astronomical surveys.

Subrahmanyan: Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Milky Way Satellites Bo"otes V and Leo Minor I and the LMC Satellite DELVE 2 confirms existence of three small ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.

Vera: This study spectroscopically confirms the existence of three small ultra-faint dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.

Jocelyn: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys: COMPASS VII. First interstellar detection of fully deuterated methanol reports first detection of fully deuterated methanol gas.

Subrahmanyan: This paper reports the first detection of fully deuterated methanol gas in interstellar space using ALMA observations.

Vera: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys: COMPASS III. CH 3 OH isotopic fractionation in the low-mass protostar BHR71-IRS1 examines different methanol isotopes around BHR71-IRS1.

Jocelyn: This study examines how different isotopes of methanol are fractionated in the environment around a low-mass protostar.

Subrahmanyan: Reflex instabilities II: The reflex motion of the central object drives at least seven instabilities in accretion discs investigates how central object movement causes multiple instabilities.

Vera: This study investigates how the movement of a central object causes multiple instabilities in its surrounding accretion disc.

Jocelyn: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys: COMPASS -- IV. Methyl cyanide isotopologues toward BHR71-IRS1 focuses on observing different methyl cyanide isotopes around BHR71-IRS1.

Subrahmanyan: This paper focuses on observing different isotopes of methyl cyanide around the protostar BHR71-IRS1 using ALMA.

Vera: Exploring a Cosmic-Ray Inverse-Compton Origin to the SZ-to-X-Ray Pressure Deficit in the Cool Core Cluster ZwCl 3146 investigates cosmic ray pressure difference.

Jocelyn: This research investigates whether cosmic rays are responsible for a pressure difference between Sunyaev–Zel’dovich and X-ray emission in cool core clusters.

Subrahmanyan: Cosmic voids evolution in modified gravity via hydrodynamics simulates how cosmic voids change over time when modified gravity effects are included.

Vera: This paper simulates how cosmic voids change over time when modified gravity effects are included using hydrodynamic simulations.

Jocelyn: Alleviating the Hubble Tension Using Coupled Dark Energy - Dark Matter Interaction explores a model where dark energy and dark matter interact to resolve the expansion rate discrepancy.

Subrahmanyan: This research explores a model where dark energy and dark matter interact to potentially resolve the discrepancy in the Hubble constant measurements.

Vera: Stochastic Bubble Completion in de Sitter Space: Power Spectrum, Bispectrum, and Infrared Moment Hierarchies analyzes statistical properties of bubble formation in de Sitter space.

Jocelyn: This paper analyzes the statistical properties of bubble formation in de Sitter space using power spectrum and bispectrum analysis.

Subrahmanyan: Fast and accurate differentiable code of the galaxy power spectrum based on Eulerian and Lagrangian one-loop perturbation theories develops a fast computational code for calculating the galaxy power spectrum.

Vera: This paper develops a fast computational code for calculating the galaxy power spectrum using perturbation theory.

Jocelyn: Probing beyond the Cosmic Horizon investigates observational methods to look for phenomena that exist outside our current observable cosmic horizon.

Subrahmanyan: This work investigates observational methods to look for phenomena that exist outside our current observable cosmic horizon.

Vera: Stochastic effect on ultralight dark matter searches with astronomical polarized sources looks at how random fluctuations in polarized light affect dark matter searches.

Jocelyn: This paper looks at how random fluctuations in polarized light can affect searches for ultralight dark matter particles.

Subrahmanyan: Impact of Magnetic Field Topology on Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants examines magnetic field structure influence on signals.

Vera: This study examines how the magnetic field structure influences the electromagnetic and gravitational wave signals from merging neutron stars.

Jocelyn: Gravitational self-lensing of Fast Radio Bursts in neutron star magnetospheres: II. Applications to strong repeaters and the CHIME population studies gravity bending light from fast radio bursts.

Subrahmanyan: This paper studies how gravity bends light from fast radio bursts when they pass through neutron star magnetospheres, specifically for CHIME observations.

Vera: Classification of X-ray Binaries in NGC 6946 with the use of Multiwavelength Data classifies X-ray binaries in NGC 6946 by using multiple wavelengths.

Jocelyn: This paper classifies X-ray binaries in the galaxy NGC 6946 by using data from multiple wavelengths.

Subrahmanyan: Power-Law Injection Spectrum from an Ensemble of Reconnecting Current Sheets models how power-law spectra are injected when current sheets reconnect.

Vera: This study models how power-law spectra are injected when current sheets reconnect in astrophysical plasmas.

Jocelyn: Investigating X-ray Emission from Radio-detected Broad- and Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies examines X-ray emission properties of radio galaxies with broad and narrow lines.

Subrahmanyan: This paper examines the X-ray emission properties of radio galaxies that also exhibit broad and narrow line features.

Vera: Probing Direct Contributions of Galaxies and AGN to Cosmic Reionization in a Quasar Field J0226+0302 with JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec uses JWST to study reionization contributions.

Jocelyn: This paper uses the James Webb Space Telescope to study how galaxies and active galactic nuclei contributed to reionizing the early universe.

Subrahmanyan: Power-Law Coupling and Mock Validation of a Surface-density Anisotropy Diagnostic for 85 Rich Galaxy Clusters tests a method for measuring surface density variations.

Vera: This work tests a method for measuring surface density variations in galaxy clusters using mock data simulations.

Jocelyn: Cracking open the "dragon egg": ALMA 1.3mm observations of a compact, young high-mass core candidate at 30mas resolution uses ALMA for detailed images.

Subrahmanyan: This paper uses ALMA to get very detailed images of a compact, young core inside a high-mass galaxy.

Vera: DIGging into HII regions: the role of ionizing photon leakage and spectral hardening in coupling HII regions and diffuse ionized gas explores photon leakage effects.

Jocelyn: This research explores how ionizing photons leak out of HII regions and affect the surrounding diffuse ionized gas.

Subrahmanyan: Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers at High Redshift: Predictions for LISA and LGWA from SEEDZ predicts gravitational waves from merging black holes using SEEDZ simulation.

Vera: This study predicts what gravitational waves from merging black holes will look like using the SEEDZ simulation.

Jocelyn: A spatially resolved view of Fast Radio Burst host metallicities with Integral-field Spectroscopy uses integral-field spectroscopy to map galaxy metal content.

Subrahmanyan: This paper uses integral-field spectroscopy to map the metal content of galaxies that host fast radio bursts.

Vera: BRAHMa: Bar Recognition And Hatching using Machine learning a framework for oriented bounding box detection of galactic bars introduces machine learning method.