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It’ll All B-A-O-kay – How the BAO Feature Guards Cosmological Information From Nonlinear Evolution
Today’s classic paper explains why the baryon acoustic oscillation feature faithfully ferries cosmological information to the late universe.
Age dating a stellar stream
By using TESS to measure their spin, a stream of stars is found to be ten times younger than previously thought.
Astrobites Airlines: We’re going to Planet 9!
Welcome aboard the Astrobites Airlines with service from the Earth to Planet 9! Get ready for a long and exciting journey to the outer Solar System!
A Nearby Small Dark Unicorn
Astronomers have discovered the closest, and one of the smallest, black holes on record.
Bursting the Hubble Trouble Bubble: Measuring H0 with Fast Radio Bursts
Do you like fast radio bursts but hate the Hubble tension? If so, then this paper showing the first measurement of the Hubble constant using FRB observations is for you!
Betelgeuse going Critical
Betelgeuse has captivated everyone’s attention by dimming significantly in 2019/2020 before returning to former brightness. Is the riddle really solved by dust or might there be another explanation? Is the star now entering its final stage before violently dying?
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
How to successfully start and run a journal club
Regularly reading papers and keeping on top of current research is a hard task for many graduate students. The solution? Start a journal club! In this bite we give you some tips on how to do that.
UR: The Size Distribution of Neutral Islands During the Epoch of Reionization
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Tommy Wen Chin’s research investigating the size of the neutral regions during the epoch of reionization.
UR: Orbit Perturbations of Habitable Zone Planets Due to Inner Planetary Companions
In our latest #UndergradResearch post, Meredith Vogel talks about how an exoplanet’s habitability can be affected by other planets’ orbits in multi-planet systems.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Finding, Choosing, or Changing Advisors: An Astrobites Panel Webinar
Join us on March 9 for the first-ever Astrobites panel webinar. The topic: advising
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Jarita Holbrook
To continue our celebration of Black History Month, we are publishing an interview with Dr. Jarita Holbrook @astroholbrook: noted cultural astronomer, anthropologist of science, filmmaker, and more! #BlackInAstro
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Sherry Suyu
How can we use gravitational lenses to resolve the Hubble Constant debate of the 2010s? Come find out at Prof. Sherry Suyu’s #AAS237 talk!