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Newer Horizons Beyond Pluto

Newer Horizons Beyond Pluto

by Ben Montet | Oct 21, 2014 | Current Events

New Horizons is going to reach Pluto in July, 2015. What happens after that?

Welcome to Mars, MAVEN and MOM!

Welcome to Mars, MAVEN and MOM!

by Ben Montet | Sep 23, 2014 | Current Events

Meet Mars’ two newest moons, MAVEN and MOM.

Hide and Seek Planets

Hide and Seek Planets

by Ben Montet | Jul 29, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

Is CoRoT-7d real, or is it stellar activity masquerading as a planet? Haywood et al. build a noise model to analyze CoRoT-7’s activity to find out.

Beyond Chi-Squared: An Introduction to Correlated Noise

Beyond Chi-Squared: An Introduction to Correlated Noise

by Ben Montet | Jul 1, 2014 | Guides

A common measure of the quality of a fit is the chi-squared statistic. While common, implementation of this statistic assumes uncorrelated noise, which is much less common. Today, we discuss how to deal with noise that is correlated and why it’s important.

The Spitzer Space Telescope: An Uncertain Future

The Spitzer Space Telescope: An Uncertain Future

by Ben Montet | Jun 3, 2014 | Current Events

Ten years after launch, financial problems may mean the demise of the Spitzer space telescope. Today, we review its history and discuss its possible future.

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