by Courtney Dressing | Dec 7, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
Can we infer the presence of multiple planets by monitoring how a star’s brightness changes outside of planetary transit?
by Courtney Dressing | Nov 8, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
How long does planetary migration take? Crockett et al. look for the answer by searching for hot Jupiters around extremely young stars.
by Courtney Dressing | Oct 26, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
Astronomers recently announced the discovery of a short period Earth-mass planet in the Alpha Centauri system. Could Earth-mass planets exist in the habitable zones of binary stars?
by Courtney Dressing | Oct 1, 2012 | Current Events, Quick Notes
Are you a graduate student interested in writing article summaries for astrobites? If so, please fill out the interest form and send us an email at [email protected] with a PDF of a sample astrobite by the application deadline of November 1. Your astrobite should summarize an astrophysics journal article that has not been featured on astrobites. Please do not write about your own research for the sample astrobite.Your sample astrobite should discuss the motivation, methods, results, and conclusions of a recent paper. Please write at a level appropriate for undergraduate physics or astronomy majors and remember to explain jargon. We encourage you to provide links to previous astrobites or other science websites where appropriate. Your sample post should include at least one figure from the paper with an appropriate caption (not just the original caption). Figures may either be embedded in the text or placed at the end of the sample. Links may either be provided as hyperlinks or as parenthetical citations. There is no length restriction, but astrobites are usually between 700-1200 words.The astrobites hiring committee will review submissions and invite new authors to join astrobites based on the quality of their sample astrobites and their responses to the two short essay questions below. The names and affiliations of the applicants will be concealed from the hiring committee until after the final list of candidates is selected in order to promote hiring equality. Successful candidates should expect to be notified by December 1, 2012.Please note that submitted sample astrobites may be posted on astrobites as guest posts regardless of whether the applicant is selected to write for astrobites. We...
by Courtney Dressing | Sep 27, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
Astronomers often refer to elliptical galaxies as “red and dead” because they appear red in color and aren’t currently forming stars. In this paper, the authors present evidence that elliptical galaxies might not be as dead as we assume.