by Nathan Sanders | May 19, 2012 | Current Events
We sat down with MIT Professor Sara Seager to ask her about her role in the new asteroid mining venture Planetary Resources, how it might change the field of astronomy, and what your odds are for getting a job there.
by Nathan Sanders | Apr 17, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
Sarah Dodson-Robinson identifies a correlation between planetary radius and stellar metallicity among gas giants in the Kepler catalog that may indicate a change in the structure and formation mechanism of planets over cosmic time.
by Nathan Sanders | Apr 11, 2012 | Career Navigation
Abraham Loeb proposes the creation of “credit rating agencies” to evaluate the riskiness to young researches of emerging theories in physics.
by Nathan Sanders | Mar 22, 2012 | Personal Experiences
A “lab?” In astronomy? Learn how John Johnson is bringing chemistry to his new group at Caltech.
by Nathan Sanders | Mar 20, 2012 | Career Navigation
Are you an undergraduate researcher? Read what a Caltech professor has to say about why what you’re doing is important and why you’re going to be better at it than you ever thought.