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 Guest | Sep 28, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who measures the white dwarf mass-radius relation using thousands of stars and a neat effect predicted by general relativity
by Tarini Konchady | Oct 23, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries
To confirm whether some galaxies have suspiciously low amounts of dark matter, we need to be sure how far away they are.
by Tarini Konchady | Jul 25, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries
The Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) allows for another H0 measurement to enter the ring. Credit for “H0tTake” goes to the conference “Tensions between the Early and the Late Universe” hosted at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics!
by Josh Fuchs | Sep 2, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries
The Pleiades is one of the most well-known open clusters visible with the naked eye from Earth. But just how far away is the cluster? New results help determine a more accurate distance and suggest a troubling error in a previous study.
by Josh Fuchs | Apr 15, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries
The authors report the discovery of perhaps the faintest black hole x-ray binary. But this conclusion is limited by the uncertainty in the distance to the object.