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Black in galaxy astrophysics

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As part of Black Space Week 2025, six extragalactic astronomers share information about their scientific interests, research projects and personal motivations for working in astronomy.

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Fig. 1: Satellite quenching in groups and clusters across cosmic time.
Fig. 2: Massive galaxy evolution.
Fig. 3: The large-scale galactic ecosystem and a new survey to shed light on it.
Fig. 4: The formation of a collisional ring galaxy (CRG).
Fig. 5: A comparison of the raw and corrected AGN occupation fractions for galaxies at redshift z < 1.

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  1. Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Devontae C. Baxter

  2. Department of Astronomy, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Arianna S. Long

  3. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

    Sinclaire M. Manning

  4. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Evan H. Nuñez

  5. South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

    Zara Randriamanakoto

  6. Department of Physics, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Zara Randriamanakoto

  7. Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Gianni Sims

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Baxter, D.C., Long, A.S., Manning, S.M. et al. Black in galaxy astrophysics. Nat Astron 9, 767–771 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02581-z

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