KICP Workshop on Outreach and Education
Science blogging, space visualization, and… improv lessons? Welcome to the KICP Education and Outreach Summer School.
Earth as an exoplanet via the Moon
It sounds convoluted: today’s astrobite observed a lunar eclipse in order to learn about the Earth’s atmosphere, to understand more about how to observe exoplanets. How and why do they do this? Read on…
Cloudy With a Chance of Habitability
Find out how cloudy atmospheres can improve the chances for habitability in close-in planets.
A Mystery Star Wrapped in a Stingray
How can a star heat up by 40,000 K in just 30 years? Reindl et al. explore the star at the heart of the Stingray Nebula to find out.
Two roads through the green valley
Large surveys of galaxies have revealed a bimodal color distribution: most galaxies tend to be red or blue, leaving a gap in the middle known as the green valley. The authors of this paper use morphologies provided by the Galaxy Zoo project to show that not all galaxies take the same quick path through the green valley.