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Graduate School Taking a Toll On Your Mental Health? You’re Not Alone.
With courses, teaching labs, and try to get as much research in as possible, graduate students are feeling the pressure more than ever and it’s affecting their mental health. Check out this article for tips on how to maintain a healthy brain during a difficult time.
Is the Fault in their Stars?
Identifying the incidence of AGN as a function of star formation rate
Why are Jupiter and Saturn Spinning so Slowly??
Our gas giants spin slower than one might expect. Turns out gas giants outside of our solar system are also slower than originally what we might have thought! Today’s astrobite answers the question: What’s up with dat?
Let’s Not Make Assumptions: UV Radiation Won’t Stop Exoplanets from Becoming Habitable
We know UV radiation isn’t good for us, but can it hold back all forms of life?
A step by step guide to finding planets around ultracool dwarfs
Astronomers have been finding planets around M dwarf stars for a while. Can we go even cooler and find planets around the diverse L and T spectral group?
A Tale of Two Observatories: Astronomy and Indigenous Communities in the Southwest US
This post continues our series on how western astronomy has historically interacted with Indigenous communities around the world. Today, we’re discussing Kitt Peak National Observatory and Mt. Graham International Observatory in the Southwest US.
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Astronomy beyond the research
Graduate School Taking a Toll On Your Mental Health? You’re Not Alone.
With courses, teaching labs, and try to get as much research in as possible, graduate students are feeling the pressure more than ever and it’s affecting their mental health. Check out this article for tips on how to maintain a healthy brain during a difficult time.
A Tale of Two Observatories: Astronomy and Indigenous Communities in the Southwest US
This post continues our series on how western astronomy has historically interacted with Indigenous communities around the world. Today, we’re discussing Kitt Peak National Observatory and Mt. Graham International Observatory in the Southwest US.
Astrobites2020: our mission and our vision
Astro2020 is a process of self-assessment of the astronomical community to establish priorities for the next decade. This year, Astrobites participated in this decadal survey with a white paper that describes our mission and our vision. Learn all about them!
Navigating careers in astronomy
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Graduate School Taking a Toll On Your Mental Health? You’re Not Alone.
With courses, teaching labs, and try to get as much research in as possible, graduate students are feeling the pressure more than ever and it’s affecting their mental health. Check out this article for tips on how to maintain a healthy brain during a difficult time.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Professor Anthony Yeates
Don’t get it twisted—unless “it” is the solar magnetic field and you want to produce a coronal mass ejection. Come listen to Prof. Anthony Yeates talk about his work at #AAS234!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Professor James Head III
Professor James Head III worked for the Apollo program which saw humans first land on the Moon nearly 50 years ago. Find out how we are continuing to explore the Moon and what it can still teach us ahead of his plenary talk at #AAS234. Is it time we went back?