My work in the News

Here is compilation of the places where my work was reported in several news channels. They are divided by topic and you can click the title to see the original. I tried to add the most relevant publications associated with each news article.

Dwarf galaxies

Scientists find rare dwarf satellite galaxy candidates

Published on Symmetry magazine. Based on:

• †Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-year Dark Energy Survey Data
  Bechtol, K.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Balbinot, E.; Pieres, A.; Simon, J. D.; Yanny, B.; Santiago, B.; Wechsler, R. H.

Dark Energy Survey finds more celestial neighbors

Published on Symmetry magazine. Based on:

• Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey
  Drlica-Wagner, A.; Bechtol, K.; Rykoff, E. S.; Luque, E.; Queiroz, A.; Mao, Y. -Y.; Wechsler, R. H.; Simon, J. D.; Santiago, B.et al. with Balbinot, E

Astrônomo brasileiro descobre aglomerado de estrelas nos confins da galáxia

Published on Veja Magazine (Portuguese only). Based on:

• A New Milky Way Halo Star Cluster in the Southern Galactic Sky
  Balbinot, E.; Santiago, B. X.; da Costa, L.; Maia, M. A. G.; Majewski, S. R.; Nidever, D.; Rocha-Pinto, H. J.; Thomas, D.

Stellar streams and globular clusters

This star cluster is slowly being taken over by black holes. In a billion years they’ll kill it.

Published on From (Bad Astronomy - SyFy - 2021). Based on:

• A supra-massive population of stellar-mass black holes in the globular cluster Palomar 5
  Gieles, Mark; Erkal, Denis; Antonini, Fabio; Balbinot, E.; Peñarrubia, Jorge

Also seen on Space.com

12 Stellar Streams Within Our Galactic Halo: The Milky Way’s Feeding Habits Shine a Light on Dark Matter

Published on SciTechDaily. Based on:

• S ⁵: The Orbital and Chemical Properties of One Dozen Stellar Streams
  Li, Ting S.; Ji, Alexander P.; Pace, Andrew B.; Erkal, Denis; Koposov, Sergey E.; Shipp, Nora; Da Costa, Gary S.; Cullinane, Lara R.; Kuehn, Kyleret al. with Balbinot, E

The Stars That Time Forgot: Remnant of Strange Dismembered Star Cluster Discovered at Galaxy’s Edge

Published on SciTechDaily. Based on:

• The tidal remnant of an unusually metal-poor globular cluster
  Wan, Zhen; Lewis, Geraint F.; Li, Ting S.; Simpson, Jeffrey D.; Martell, Sarah L.; Zucker, Daniel B.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Erkal, Denis; Pace, Andrew B.et al. with Balbinot, E
• The Phoenix Stream: A Cold Stream in the Southern Hemisphere
  Balbinot, E.; Yanny, B.; Li, T. S.; Santiago, B.; Marshall, J. L.; Finley, D. A.; Pieres, A.; Abbott, T. M. C.

Rivers in the sky

Published on Symmetry magazine. Based on:

• †Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
  Shipp, N.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Balbinot, E.; Ferguson, P.; Erkal, D.; Li, T. S.; Bechtol, K.; Belokurov, V.

How do you weigh the Milky Way anyway?

Published on CNET. Based on:

• Globular Cluster Streams as Galactic High-Precision Scales — the Poster Child Palomar 5
  Küpper, Andreas H. W.; Balbinot, E.; Bonaca, Ana; Johnston, Kathryn V.; Hogg, David W.; Kroupa, Pavel; Santiago, Basilio X.

Galactic Archaeology

New trove of data from Europe’s Gaia mission will lead to best Milky Way map ever

Published on Space.com (2022). Based on:

• Gaia Early Data Release 3. Summary of the contents and survey properties
  Gaia Collaboration; Brown, A. G. A.; Vallenari, A.; Prusti, T.; de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Babusiaux, C.; Biermann, M.; Creevey, O. L.; Evans, D. W.et al. with Balbinot, E