by Astrobites | Jun 28, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries
In eight new papers, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational waves (NANOGrav) presents evidence for a gravitational wave background. In this bite, we provide an overview of their results and their implications
by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Jan 11, 2023 | Career Navigation, Current Events, Interviews, Personal Experiences
An astronomer who codes: we talked to the #AAS241 keynote speaker, Dan Foreman-Mackey, about his career, data science, and more.
by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Jun 12, 2022 | Career Navigation, Current Events, Interviews, Personal Experiences
Curious about how we convert 0’s and 1’s into images? Then go listen to Dr. Robert Lupton’s talk at #AAS240!
by Guest | Apr 25, 2021 | Undergraduate Research
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover James Kwon’s research on how deep learning is revolutionizing the removal of cosmic-ray contamination from Hubble images.
by Laila Linke | Oct 1, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
When astronomers conduct a giant survey, they collect overwhelming amounts of data. But how can we check whether the data is correct? Well, today’s paper applies a mathematical curiosity generally used for detecting tax fraud: Benford’s law.
by Avery Schiff | Jul 16, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
A team was able to use deep learning algorithms to analyze a massive galaxy survey. Can the same algorithm be used on an entirely new survey?