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A Stellar ‘Light Switch’ Orbiting a Black Hole
Today’s authors investigate the sudden re-appearance of X-ray emission from a star being eaten by a supermassive black hole!
A Machine Learning View of Supernova GWs
How does one measure the gravitational wave signal of a supernova if each event is unique? Is machine learning up to the task? Or is it unknowable?
Could Stripped Stars be False Positives in the Search for the Missing Black Holes?
The authors of today’s article argue that stripped B-type stars could be a source of false positives in the search for quiet, stellar-mass black holes in the Milky Way
Asteroids in the Archives
What happens when you combine deep learning, citizen science, and decades of Hubble images? You discover thousands of new asteroids!
Astro Grads United: a Safe Space for Students to Share & Strategize
Today’s Beyond Post shines light on Astro Grads United, a place for students to discuss the struggles of being a graduate student, while finding community and support.
SOFIA: NASA’s flying infrared observatory prepares for its final take-off
NASA’s SOFIA mission, an infrared telescope aboard a Boeing 747SP that helped discover the universe’s oldest molecule and found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, is preparing to fly for one last time tonight.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Astro Grads United: a Safe Space for Students to Share & Strategize
Today’s Beyond Post shines light on Astro Grads United, a place for students to discuss the struggles of being a graduate student, while finding community and support.
SOFIA: NASA’s flying infrared observatory prepares for its final take-off
NASA’s SOFIA mission, an infrared telescope aboard a Boeing 747SP that helped discover the universe’s oldest molecule and found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, is preparing to fly for one last time tonight.
How To Take Down A Satellite
Bright satellites have dire effects on the field of astronomy, indigenous religious practices life cycles, and our quality of living. Blue Walker 3 can outshine Venus in the night sky. AST plans to have 110 of these satellites by 2024.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Interested in science policy? Check out the Mirzayan Policy Graduate Fellowship!
Guest author Alex Belles tells us about his experiences in science policy as a grad student in NASEM’s Mirzayan Policy Fellowship program
A guide to applying to astro postdocs. Part 2: The application process
In Part 2 of this 2-part guide to applying to astro/physics postdocs, a few Astrobites authors share tips on applying to postdoc opportunities, based on their own personal experience.
A guide to applying to astro postdocs. Part 1: Finding postdocs
In Part 1 of this 2-part guide to applying to astro/physics postdocs, a few Astrobites authors share tips on finding postdoc opportunities, based on their own personal experiences.