Top 5 Last-Minute Astronomy-Themed Halloween Costumes
Oh crap! It’s Halloween night and you don’t have a costume, because you’ve been inside doing astronomy all week! What should you do!? Never fear: Astrobites has got your back.
New Graduate School Guide Glossary
Now it is easier than ever to find advice on navigating your way to and around graduate school. Presenting the newest Astrobites Glossary:Astrobites’ Graduate School GuideHere we have compiled career navigation posts from regular and guest Astrobite authors about how to prepare yourself for and survive graduate school. Everything from deciding if graduate school is really what you want, to applying to and visiting schools, and even balancing life and work. There is an endless amount of topics still to be covered, so keep an eye out for new graduate school astrobites in the...
Links: Astro Perception Survey, Applying to Grad School
A new survey investigates social perceptions of astronomy and our sister site Chembites has an article about the grad school application process.
Astrobites reader survey
You can help us improve astrobites by filling out our short survey! It should only take a few minutes and we’d appreciate your feedback.Thanks, The Astrobites...
Kepler Team Announces Planet in a Binary Star System
Kepler has discovered a real-life version of Tatooine! The newly minted planet, dubbed Kepler-16b, orbits both stars on a 229 day orbit and is roughly the same size as Saturn.
Tell us about your undergraduate research!
Are you an undergraduate student doing research in astronomy? We want to know about it!