Update whats new section

aphearin · aphearin · commit 3163eff9e037 · 2024-09-05T09:33:27.000-05:00
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-0.9.0 (2024-09-04)
+0.9.0 (2024-09-06)
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  - Add models and mock observations of intrinsic alignments (https://github.com/astropy/halotools/pull/1056)
diff --git a/docs/whats_new.rst b/docs/whats_new.rst
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 .. _whats_new:
 
 *******************************************
-What's New in Halotools v0.8?
+What's New in Halotools v0.9?
 *******************************************
 
-Halotools ``v0.8`` is now available for installation with conda and pip. This is primarily a bug-fix release that also brings Halotools up-to-date with its dependencies. See :ref:`changelog` for details on smaller issues and bug-fixes. See :ref:`whats_new_v0x_history` for full release history information.
+Halotools ``v0.9`` is now available for installation with conda and pip.
+This release brings in a new feature set to forward model the intrinsic alignments of galaxies. 
+See https://github.com/astropy/halotools/pull/1056 for details on this feature,
+and :ref:`whats_new_v0x_history` for full release history information.

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`4`	`4`	`- Add models and mock observations of intrinsic alignments (https://github.com/astropy/halotools/pull/1056)`