Biases from Bulging Planets
We usually assume that all exoplanets are perfectly round. Today’s authors wonder: what are we getting wrong if some are slightly squished?
Twirling in the Cold: The spins of Eris and Dysnomia
Way out beyond Neptune, a tiny moon dotes on a dwarf planet and slowly orbits around. But how much does the dwarf planet care? Quite a bit, it turns out.
Asteroids in the Archives
What happens when you combine deep learning, citizen science, and decades of Hubble images? You discover thousands of new asteroids!
A Conversation with Dr. Julie Davis, AAS Bahcall Fellow
For today’s Beyond post, we spoke with Dr. Julie Davis, the AAS’s Bahcall Science Policy Fellow
(Re)discovering Gravity
Today’s authors decided it’s time to (let computers) try defi(ning) gravity