Can We Look Forward to Vacations on TRAPPIST-1?
We discovered Earth-like planets but are they the next destination for human life?
#BlackInAstro Experiences: David Zegeye
Graduate student David Zegeye writes about his experience as a Black astronomer from Chicago, and about UChicago’s past and present vis-à-vis the land it occupies.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Cheyenne Polius
Graduate student Cheyenne Polius writes about her experience as a Black woman studying astrophysics in the UK!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: KeShawn Ivory
Graduate student KeShawn Ivory writes on how being Black has affected his trajectory in astrophysics, what the field would ideally look like for him, what he needs non-Black folks in the field to understand and change, and how all these questions are really one and the same.
Blue Lurkers and Blue Stragglers: Rapidly-Rotating Stars and their Fountain of Youth
Some stars in clusters have found the fountain of youth. Turns out, their secret is spreading: many more stars than we thought are in on it.