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Turning a Blind Eye: Fighting the Gender Gap in Telescope Proposal Success
If you’re a woman in STEM, you’re probably all-too-familiar with the biases you might face in your field. Today’s paper examines the biases evident in telescope time awarded to men vs. women.
Choosing targets with TESS
With the launch of TESS, we will soon have many more exoplanet candidates. But how do we determine which are the most valuable for follow-up observations?
A classic optics experiment, in space with asteroids and AGNs!
Radio observations of the diffracted shadow cast by an asteroid can be used to nail down its location and determine its size and shape.
Optics to outrace them all
Astronomers are using a once-secret technology to scrutinize Kepler stars. Are rocky planets headed for a takedown?
Probing the source of a mysterious (dark matter?) line in the laboratory
A laboratory astrophysics experiment calls into question the proposed dark matter origin of an unidentified spectral line at 3.5 keV
What to Do When You’re Stuck
A handy guide from 1945!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
What to Do When You’re Stuck
A handy guide from 1945!
List of Major US Fellowships for Astronomy Students
Wondering what fellowships are available for graduate students in astronomy? Here are some of major the fellowships in the US.
A summary of EWASS 2018 (II)
The second post in our coverage of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences 2018 in Liverpool, UK, including a review of the Cassini mission, reports from the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory, and an introduction to the Square Kilometre Array.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
What to Do When You’re Stuck
A handy guide from 1945!
List of Major US Fellowships for Astronomy Students
Wondering what fellowships are available for graduate students in astronomy? Here are some of major the fellowships in the US.
Tools for Reading Papers, Part 2
Astro-ph coffee, journal club, topic lunch, and research group meetings are all places where you can discuss papers in your department. Which should you attend?