Leavitt’s Standard Candles
Happy International Women’s Day. This astrobite investigates how astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work changed our understanding of the size of the universe!
Happy International Women’s Day. This astrobite investigates how astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work changed our understanding of the size of the universe!
Today’s post investigates how multitasking TESS is not only detecting exoplanets, but allowing us to find out more about their stars.
Dr David DeVorkin’s talk is about George Ellery Hale, the American astronomer who put the physics in astrophysics — check out his plenary talk at #AAS233 to learn more!
Today’s Beyond post looks at where virtual reality and astronomy collide.
Could exocomets be causing these strange shaped lightcurves?