Professional Photometry with a Consumer Camera
Do you own a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera? The authors of today’s paper do. They used it for astronomy. They used it for science.
The Extreme Precision Radial Velocities Workshop
Our current best radial velocities are precise to about 1m/s. How do we make the step towards achieving 10cm/s precision?
The Next Transit Hunters
The exoplanet hunt is on. The stakes are high. What will our next-generation telescopes find?
The Lives of the Longest Lived Stars
Heavy stars live like rock stars: they live fast, become big, and die young. Low mass stars, on the other hand, are more persistent, and live longer. Fusing hydrogen slow and steady wins the stellar age-race.
The Radial Velocity Method: Current and Future Prospects
Much of what we know today about exoplanets is due to the success of the radial velocity method. Where does it stand now? What is its future?