A flurry of recent papers point to detection of a ~130 GeV gamma-ray emission line from near the Galactic center. If real, this could be the first detection of a signature of annihilating dark matter.
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.
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.
Abraham Loeb proposes the creation of “credit rating agencies” to evaluate the riskiness to young researches of emerging theories in physics.
A “lab?” In astronomy? Learn how John Johnson is bringing chemistry to his new group at Caltech.