The Hubble Constant(s)
I wanted to call this post “Hubble Trouble,” but six hundred people have already done that.
Training Deep Neural Networks, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Neural networks are very good at their jobs. We may be starting to understand how.
The WTF Star Strikes Again
Bizarre transits, century-long dimming, and now…brightening spells?
The Measure of Things
200 years ago, Joseph Fourier had an idea that added a whole new dimension to physics.
Distilling Astronomy
New astronomy is published every day, but are we actually learning from it?