Finding young exoplanets with machine learning
Astronomers have a challenging task ahead of them — to find young exoplanets in protoplanetary disks. Machine Learning could potentially come to the rescue.
Solar Storms? Oh Whale, That’s a Problem!
Guest author Neha Krishnakumar describes how the sun can have life-changing effects on one of the most unlikely parts of Earth: whales. The effects of solar storms are thought to increase the number of whale strandings that occur each year.
Hearing Gravitational Waves with Deep Learning
Today’s guest post by Paolo Cremonese explores the application of deep learning methods to the search for gravitational waves.
#BlackInAstro: June Reflections by KeShawn Ivory
Graduate student KeShawn Ivory reflects on what it means to him as a Black queer man for Pride month and Black Space Week to coincide, and the way his multiple identities shape his ideas of joy and community.
Planets on a Magnetic Roller Coaster Ride
Fabienne Nail writes about how magnetic fields can make modelling atmospheric escape for TRAPPIST-1e and other exoplanets much more difficult.