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Outreach and press

Some recorded outreach

Public talks

Press

Quoted individually:

Columbia News Interview (Firefly Sparkle & Pathfinder)

The Firefly Sparkle galaxy (Mowla & Iyer et al. 2024)  (Nature link):

  • (NASA) Found: First Actively Forming Galaxy as Lightweight as Young Milky Way
  • (ESA) Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight
  • (BBC) 'Christmas lights' galaxy reveals how Universe formed
  • (Globe and Mail) The Firefly Sparkle galaxy’s amazing trip through time
  • (Reuters) Firefly Sparkle galaxy offers a taste of the infant Milky Way
  • (nature research highlight) Our Galaxy seen in its infancy
  • (phys.org) Firefly Sparkle: Newly discovered galaxy mirrors Milky Way's early days
  • (phys.org) JWST sees a Milky Way-like galaxy coming together in the early universe
  • (universetoday) JWST Sees a Milky Way-Like Galaxy Coming Together in the Early Universe
  • (cosmos magazine) Firefly Sparkle shines light on galaxy formation in a youthful universe
  • (UToronto) Astronomers find first actively forming galaxy as lightweight as young Milky Way
  • (devdiscourse) Glittering Firefly Sparkle: A Glimpse into the Universe's Past**

The Sparkler galaxy (Mowla & Iyer et al. 2022):

  • (BBC) 'Shiny, sparkly object' in James Webb space image
  • (CNN) Webb telescope spies a celestial sparkler among the universe’s earliest galaxies
  • (space.com) James Webb Space Telescope spots 'Sparkler Galaxy' that could host universe's 1st stars
  • (bigthink) Sparkle-filled JWST galaxy solves a longstanding cosmic mystery
  • (sky and telescope) “The Sparkler” Might be Our Milky Way’s Long-Lost Twin
  • (astronomy.com) James Webb captures galaxy sparkling with universe’s earliest star clusters
  • (sciencenews) The James Webb Space Telescope spied the earliest born stars yet seen
  • (sciencealert) These Are The Most Distant Star Clusters Ever Seen, And We Nearly Missed Them
  • (phys.org) Researchers reveal a galaxy sparkling with the universe's oldest star clusters
  • (universetoday) JWST Sees a Milky Way-Like Galaxy Coming Together in the Early Universe
  • (IFLscience) JWST Sees “Sparkler Galaxy” Surrounded By Most Distant Star Clusters Ever Found
  • (astrobites) Sparkling Stars: Discovering Evolved Globular Clusters at High Redshift with JWST
  • (scitechdaily) James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Oldest Star Clusters in the Universe
  • (weather channel) JWST Helps Discover the Most Distant Star Cluster Ever, Possibly Housing Some of Universe's Oldest Stars

Galaxies going Bananas  (Pandya et al. 2024):

  • (columbia magazine) Scientists go Bananas over Baby Galaxies
  • (NY times) The Early Universe Was Bananas
  • (scitechdaily) “Galaxies Going Bananas” – Early Universe Surprises From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope
  • (earthsky) Shapes of early galaxies: surfboards and pool noodles

Or as part of teams (Multimodal universe, CANUCS, CEERS):

Multimodal Universe (the Multimodal Universe Collaboration et al. 2024):

  • (marktechpost) Multimodal Universe Dataset: A Multimodal 100TB Repository of Astronomical Data Empowering Machine Learning and Astrophysical Research on a Global Scale
  • (simons foundation) New Datasets Will Train AI Models To Think Like Scientists 

Question Mark galaxy (Estrada-Carpenter et al. 2022):

  • (earthsky) Question mark galaxy? Gravity lens creates cosmic graffiti
  • (eurekalert) NASA’s Webb reveals distorted galaxy forming cosmic question mark

Across the green valley with HST grisms (Noirot et al. 2022):