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US Graduate Workers Strike Back – a year in review of graduate student union activity

US Graduate Workers Strike Back – a year in review of graduate student union activity

by William Balmer | Jan 6, 2023 | Current Events

Most astronomy is done by graduate students, but many aren’t compensated fairly or treated well. Ongoing struggles to unionize, especially in the past year, might give the confused and frustrated graduate student hope headed into 2023.

Dancing with the (Six) Stars, or, a 200 year story of the Castor system

Dancing with the (Six) Stars, or, a 200 year story of the Castor system

by William Balmer | Nov 7, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Astronomers study the orbits of a sextuplet system, an absurdly complex arrangement of six stars in orbit around one another, in order to measure their masses once and for all.

Fly-bye, Baby: a review of the impact of stellar flybys on protoplanetary disks

Fly-bye, Baby: a review of the impact of stellar flybys on protoplanetary disks

by William Balmer | Aug 23, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Protoplanetary disks don’t exist in isolation; when young stars pass each other by, their gravitational encounter can disrupt, or maybe even kickstart, planet formation.

Flipping the table: inferring planet formation from atmospheric composition

Flipping the table: inferring planet formation from atmospheric composition

by William Balmer | May 6, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Planet formation is dynamic, and different planet formation models can produce dramatically different planetary atmospheres. Today’s bite discusses a new framework developed to tackle this problem, and shines some light on the formation of the exoplanet HR 8799e.

Herald of the Change: A microlensing Jupiter-analogue spotted in K2 data portends Roman’s yield of new planets

Herald of the Change: A microlensing Jupiter-analogue spotted in K2 data portends Roman’s yield of new planets

by William Balmer | Apr 11, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Astronomers have just found Jupiter’s twin in a distant solar system. Their discovery technique may surprise you, and might just be the most important method for discovering Earth-like exoplanets in the next decade…

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