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How Pulsating Stellar Flares Shape the Prospects for Life on Distant Planets

How Pulsating Stellar Flares Shape the Prospects for Life on Distant Planets

by Guest | Mar 6, 2023 | Daily Paper Summaries

Pulsating flares on M dwarfs can disrupt the atmospheres of exoplanets. However, in just the right amounts, they could be the genesis of primordial life. Today’s paper describes how!

Breaking the Stigma around Community College: an astro[sound] bite

Breaking the Stigma around Community College: an astro[sound] bite

by Guest | Feb 12, 2023 | Career Navigation, Personal Experiences

For many students, community college is part of their undergraduate education. We take a look at what community college is, the perception of a community college student, and share experiences from a few astronomers that started undergrad at a community college.

UR: GRBs – New Standard Candles for Cosmology

UR: GRBs – New Standard Candles for Cosmology

by Guest | Jan 17, 2023 | Undergraduate Research

Hyper accreting black holes? Highly magnetised neutron stars? What is behind the most powerful explosions in space and how can we use them to measure the largest distances? Recently published population study of gamma-ray bursts light curves that addresses these questions.

UR: Matching Supernova Progenitors to their Fingerprints

UR: Matching Supernova Progenitors to their Fingerprints

by Guest | Dec 14, 2022 | Undergraduate Research

In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, Mckenzie Ferrari compares real optical supernova spectra to models to identify their progenitors.

INTEGRAL: an integral key to high energy astronomy

INTEGRAL: an integral key to high energy astronomy

by Guest | Dec 3, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

INTEGRAL changed our understanding of X-ray binaries, and taught us so much about our galactic home. Here’s a brief look, in awe and gratitude.

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