It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Peter Higgs.

An iconic figure in modern science, Higgs postulated the existence of the eponymous Higgs boson in 1964. Its discovery at CERN in 2012 was the crowning achievement of the Standard Model of particle physics –…

The best photo that I could get from the #SolarEclipse today with my phone. I'd say it's pretty decent

Plasmoid instabilities in current sheets are ubiquitous in high Rm turbulence, regardless of whether turbulent reconnection is realized or not. That’s what the data says. Pictured below is the current sheet structure in MHD turbulence with Rm ~ 3 x 10^6.

Proudly presenting brand new image of Sgr A* supermassive black hole. This time in polarized light, unveiling magnetic fields around the event horizon of Sgr A*. Only Event Horizon 'Scope can give us access to such detail view of conditions near black holes. eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronome…

Our (Vazza+myself) review is on arxiv
We provide a concise overview of the observational+theoretical knowledge of the seeding of cosmic ray electrons by cluster radio galaxies. This field is rapidly evolving: we believed that is was time to make the point
arxiv.org/abs/2403.16068

Radio/X-ray study of cool-core clusters, by Biava+
The connection between sloshing, cold fronts, mini halos and diffuse radio emission on broader scale is investigated with Low Frequency Array and Chandra Observatory in 12 clusters. Sloshing is key for diffuse radio emission!
arxiv.org/abs/2403.09802

#SaveChandra savechandra.org

Our paper about magnetic fields in galaxy clusters was chosen for the Nature Communications Editors' Highlights nature.com/collections/bb…

Thank you Nilda Oklay Vincent for chosing our results!!

AGN-feeback in high-z clusters, by Timmerman+ (including myself)
By combining high-resolution observations with Low Frequency Array long baselines + Chandra Observatory it is possible to push measuraments of Pcav at z>0.6. Here we report detections of radio lobes up to z=0.9!
arxiv.org/abs/2403.03242

MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR..for A2142, by Chris Riseley+ (w/ Annalisa Mariachiara Rossetti FraLoi Dr Tessa Vernstrom myself++)
Radio+X-ray data are used to study the connection between thermal and non-thermal components, confirming that this is quite a complex system
arxiv.org/abs/2403.00414

CHEX-MATE minisplash of papers today ! arxiv.org/abs/2402.18654 Balboni lead a pilot project with 5 radio halo clusters observed with Low Frequency Array and ESA XMM-Newton to study non-thermal properties in a spatially resolved fashion. 1

We have the newest 'Astro Plot of the Week' - congratulations!

And keep them coming: astro plots >> other plots 😀

I just saw this 😱 vote for me! Thanks Astro Plot of the Week for the nomination 😬

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