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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Reinhard Genzel

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Reinhard Genzel

by Jessica May Hislop | Oct 14, 2020 | Classics, Current Events

This week we’re celebrating this year’s astronomical awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Today we have Reinhard Genzel and his pioneering work on constraining the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy

What we still don’t know about accretion disks

What we still don’t know about accretion disks

by Jessica May Hislop | Oct 7, 2020 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s dual-language post takes a look at a classic paper of Shakura & Sunyaev written in 1973. Whilst this paper advanced our understanding of accretion disks, we still have an incomplete theoretical picture. That may all change

1981: Barbara Williams becomes the first Black woman to get a PhD…

1981: Barbara Williams becomes the first Black woman to get a PhD…

by Jessica May Hislop | Jun 20, 2020 | Classics

Today’s Astrobite looks at a classic paper by Barbara Williams, the first Black woman to get a PhD

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jo Dunkley

Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jo Dunkley

by Jessica May Hislop | May 26, 2020 | Career Navigation, Current Events, Personal Experiences

Hear from Jo Dunkley about the future of CMB observations as well as her journey into Academia at #AAS236.

Discovering the building blocks of nuclear star clusters

Discovering the building blocks of nuclear star clusters

by Jessica May Hislop | May 23, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper combines new observational data from Gaia with 20 years of multi-wavelength data of the compact dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, reveal a triplet system of star clusters in the centre.

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