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Insights into Planet Formation via Harry Potter Analogies
The authors of today’s astrobite try and assess how much knowledge you can actually gain about the first four Harry Potter books by only watching the fourth movie. In other words, what can you learn about planet formation by looking at observations of exoplanets?
Astronomical celebrity, or just another pretender? The curious case of CR7
Last year’s discovery of CR7, an intriguing galaxy in the early universe, encouraged many exotic explanations. New observations somewhat spoil the party
Gravity-Darkened Seasons on Planets
Spinning stars can potentially double the number of seasons that a planet experiences due to surface temperature variations on the stellar surface.
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Shooting for the Stars (and damage of doing so)
We now know that our nearest stellar neighbor may harbor an Earth-like exoplanet. The Breakthrough Starshot initiative plans to get spacecraft there in only 20 years. However, the “empty” space between us and our nearest star is not completely empty, and the material in the path of these spacecraft may have catastrophic consequences for the mission.
Black holes and populations
Every massive galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole – but how do these cosmic monsters affect the stars they share their galaxy with?
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
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Tabby’s star faded throughout the Kepler mission
It seems that Tabby’s star has more tricks up in its sleeve than previously thought: today’s pre-print shows evidence that the WTF star has actually dimmed during the 4-year long Kepler mission, throwing more fuel into the fire. But do not expect aliens. Just saying.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
The impact of the Physics GRE in astronomy graduate admissions
It’s that time of the year again: graduate school application season. Today we revisit a 2015 article that shows, once more, that GRE scores requirements on graduate admissions hurt diversity and equity of opportunity in astronomy, and we are overdue on fighting against the inertia.
Alternative Careers: Leveraging your Astronomy Degree for Data Science
Astrobites reports on a recent Alternative Careers panel on Data Science jobs at the Wolbach Library. When asked why they decided to go into a non-academic career, none of the panelists said their primary reason was monetary or because of the tough job market in astronomy.
AstroImageJ: A Simple and Powerful Tool for Astronomical Image Analysis and Precise Photometry
So you went observing, and you got a time series of images for precise photometry and you want to plot a light curve. Now what? Where do you start? Right here, with AstroImageJ.
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