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Distance Learning Can Make Astronomy Education More Accessible
Are you struggling to fit studying around your life? Guest author Laura Martin tells us about her experiences with distance learning in astronomy.
Using a Neural Network to Find Exoplanets in K2 Data
In today’s paper, astronomers have created a neural network to aid humans in discovering exoplanets in K2 data.
Speed check on the ‘fastest’ star in Gaia
Some stars go so fast, they can escape the Milky Way. Today’s article takes a closer look at one of these stars found by Gaia, but is everything as it seems?
Young, massive, and mysterious
This guest post takes a peek at the stars in young massive cluster Westerlund 2!
Zombie Star Went Supernova Twice?
A strange supernova dubbed iPTF14hls has astronomers scratching their heads. This article presents one possible explanation — pulsations in a massive, dying star.
How to Find Exoplanet Oceans
How can we find an ocean on an exoplanet? Will we be able to find signatures of oceans on Earth-like planets in the coming decades?
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Distance Learning Can Make Astronomy Education More Accessible
Are you struggling to fit studying around your life? Guest author Laura Martin tells us about her experiences with distance learning in astronomy.
A Communicating Science workshop just for physical sciences grad students: ComSciCon-AIP
Graduate students: apply now for a workshop on science communication just for physical scientists from ComSciCon and AIP!
A Study in Stereotypes: What People Think of Physicists vs. Biologists
What do people think of scientists? A group of physics and psychology researchers teamed up to identify stereotypes about physicists and biologists in order to refine what stereotypes are held about not only science as a whole, but specifically the field of physics.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Distance Learning Can Make Astronomy Education More Accessible
Are you struggling to fit studying around your life? Guest author Laura Martin tells us about her experiences with distance learning in astronomy.
A Communicating Science workshop just for physical sciences grad students: ComSciCon-AIP
Graduate students: apply now for a workshop on science communication just for physical scientists from ComSciCon and AIP!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Catherine Espaillat
How do the protoplanetary disks around young pre-main sequence stars evolve into planetary systems? Come attend Dr. Catherine Espaillat’s plenary talk “From Disks to Planets: Observing Planet Formation in Disks Around Young Stars” at #AAS233 to know more!