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Guest – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Transgender Astrophysics in America
In today’s beyond post, an anonymous author reflects on why being transgender in astrophysics often feels like something best left unspoken, and what can be done.
What if Mars were a Stranger (Thing)?
If our familiar red neighbor were a stranger light-years away, would we even know what we were looking at?
Seeing Stars: Juicing up JWST with 5000x Magnification
We pointed JWST at a galaxy magnified 5000 times by the universe–what did we learn by seeing the unseeable?
Surfing the (Cosmic) Web
How astronomers used the largest JWST survey to build a new map of the Universe
So, Trump fired the National Science Board. But what is the National Science Board?
Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board at the end of April. In this bite we explore what this means for the NSF, science funding, and, more broadly, the American government, with a perspective from Dr. Keivan Stassun, an astrophysicist at Vanderbilt and a recent NSB member.
Little Red Dots and Shaq’s Huge Feet
Little Red Dots may just be the Shaqs of the galaxy world: extreme and impressive, but not a new kind of object.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Alexander Furnas
Today, we interview Dr. Alex Furnas, a political science researcher at Northwestern University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Tonima Tasnim Ananna
Today we interview Dr. Tonima Tasnim Ananna, who is a professor at Wayne State University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Adam Leroy
Today we interview Dr. Adam Leroy, who is a professor at the Ohio State University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS 243 keynote speakers: Prof. Marta Bryan
We interviewed Prof. Marta Bryan from the University of Toronto to learn all about exoplanets ahead of her plenary talk at #AAS243!
Meet the AAS 243 keynote speakers: Prof. Eve Lee
We interviewed Prof. Eve Lee of McGill University to learn all about planet and star formation ahead of her plenary talk at #AAS243!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Alan Lightman
What does it mean to achieve scientific literacy in society? Learn more from #AAS242 plenary speaker and astonomy educator Linda Shore.