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UR: Using Machine Learning to Identify Transients in the DESI Survey
Today’s undergraduate post talks about how to use machine learning to find transients in galactic spectra!
Formation of the Galilean Moons
New simulations show that a chain of orbital resonances can reproduce the Galilean system
A Star Askew: A Potential Cause of the Misalignment of a Star and Its Planets
When the rotation of a star is misaligned from the orbits of its planets, astronomers often attribute the misalignment to planetary dynamics. In the case of K2-290 A, today’s authors instead attribute its misalignment to its stellar companion.
Where We Might Find Life
With a new generation of space and ground based telescopes on the horizon, we will soon have the tools to efficiently begin looking for life’s signatures in exoplanet atmospheres. Where should we look first to maximize our chances?
UR: Finding the Chirp
Today’s #UndergradResearch post features Shashwat Singh’s work using deep learning as an asset for gravitational wave astronomy!
A Picture (or Ten) is Worth 10,000 Words: Unearthing the History of the Lenticular Galaxy NGC 3115
The authors of today’s paper uncovered the evolutionary history behind the Milky Way’s closest lenticular neighbor.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
UR: Using Machine Learning to Identify Transients in the DESI Survey
Today’s undergraduate post talks about how to use machine learning to find transients in galactic spectra!
UR: Finding the Chirp
Today’s #UndergradResearch post features Shashwat Singh’s work using deep learning as an asset for gravitational wave astronomy!
When Your Palace Crumbles Overnight: Being Rejected from PhD Programs (A Personal Experience)
Are you shaking every time you get an email notification on your phone? Did you expect that email to be the special one you had worked so hard for but it turned out to be the one you were terrified of receiving? If yes, this bite is for you.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
#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!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan
Can we break the standard model of cosmology? Come find out at Dr. Priya Natarajan’s #AAS237 talk!