Astrobites at AAS 236: Welcome
This week, Astrobites is attending the virtual American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting! We’ll be bringing you highlights from each day of the meeting.
Grad Student Unions: Part 1 – History and the UC Santa Cruz Strike
The ongoing strike at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) has been making national news for months. In this first part of a two post series, we explore the history of graduate student unions in the US and the circumstances of the UCSC strike.
Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey
Today’s undergraduate research post is seeking to automatically identify variable stars in the upcoming all sky survey, LSST. Read on to find out more!
Astrobites at AAS 235: Day 4
We report on Day 4 of the winter AAS meeting in Honolulu, HI.
Astrobites at AAS 235: Day 3
We report on Day 3 of the winter AAS meeting in Honolulu, HI. Highlights include