UR #20: Pointing the Green Bank Telescope
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who helped to characterize the pointing performance of the world’s largest fully steerable telescope!
Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey
Today’s undergraduate research post is seeking to automatically identify variable stars in the upcoming all sky survey, LSST. Read on to find out more!
Can an Orphaned Exomoon Help Solve the Mystery of Tabby’s Star?
Simulations by astronomers at Columbia University suggest an evaporating exomoon could be behind the mysterious dimming behaviour of KIC 8462852.
First NuSTAR Observation of Faint High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the Galactic Center
Today’s undergraduate research post investigates whetherhigh mass x-ray binaries in the galactic center. Read on to find out more!
Have You Ever Wanted to Generate You Own Gravitational Waves? Now You Can!
Gravitational wave simulations may take supercomputers days to perform, but two undergraduates and their advisor have created a website that allows you to do them in seconds right from your laptop!
Two Solar Tornadoes Observed with IRIS
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who analyzed the motion of tornadoes on the Sun’s surface using spectroscopy. Read on to find out more!