The Great Planet Bake Off
In today’s episode, the star’s have been preparing some planets. But have they all been using the same recipe to form them? We will have to “taste” their compositions to find our winner!
Highly excited and concentrated: an academic stereotype or the gas in a galaxy?
Much like some astronomers, this distant galaxy keeps the lights on by maintaining high excitement and a central concentration (of hot gas)
Latinx Heritage Month Interview: Stephane Werner
In today’s post we interview Stephane Werner, a Brazilian astronomer who studies galaxy clusters and loves doing outreach!
Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum in Astronomy
We’ve updated and expanded our “Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum”! Read on to learn about all the different flavors of light in the Universe, where this light comes from, and how we can detect it.
How to Be a Human Being: a Lesson I Learned from the South Side Science Festival
At the University of Chicago’s first annual South Side Science Festival, I learned that everyone has the skills to be successful at public outreach. All you need is a little creativity, personality, and passion.