New surprises for old galaxies

Massive and old galaxies still harbor new surprises. A new publication by Song Huang uses weak gravitational lensing to reveal a tight correlation between the total stellar mass, the shape of the galaxy profile (or size of the galaxy) and it’s parent dark matter halo. This study harnesses the unique imaging capabilities of the Hyper Supreme Cam survey on the Subaru telescope.

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