How the AAS Education Committee Is Making Meetings Better for Students
The AAS Education Committee discusses how they’re improving AAS meetings for first-time student attendees.
The Secret Language of Astrophysics Plots
Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro.
Tell me why? A case for Human(e) Astrophysics
Artemis, AI, Astronomy, and our place in it. The author asks why do astrophysics at all. To produce results faster, or to turn graduate students into inefficient stand-ins for software? Or because astronomy is one of the most human things we do. It gives us wonder, yes, but also responsibility: to remember the histories of colonialism and militarization tied to our instruments, to use new tools without surrendering judgment, and to insist that people remain the point of the enterprise. The universe is not only something to be computed. It is something to be encountered, interpreted, and loved.
Dancing with the Blazars: Variability you can groove to
In today’s paper, we explore how blazar light curves can be transformed into music and the benefits of this for both scientists and science communication.
Drawing on Charm to Communicate Scientific Papers
Scientific papers are dense, often even too much for other scientists. Thankfully, your results can be shared even with non-experts by writing a stylised annotated paper!
Confronting a Systemic Bullying Problem in Astronomy and Geophysics
Today we look at the findings of the Bullying and Harassment Report 2023, published by the Royal Astronomical Society