Graduate researcher Cassidy Metzger and a plot of categorizing all of her original source data into known blazars, potential candidates, and rejected sources. The black rings represent the most promising blazar candidates in Metzger’s research.
First-year PhD student Cassidy Metzger has identified more than 100 potential blazar galaxies, including eight previously unknown candidates, in her first paper as lead author, using data from major space-based surveys. Her work expands the rare, high-energy objects used to study black holes and cosmic jets. Read more.
