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The Rainbow Village at AAS: A Gathering Place for People of Color in Astronomy
Today’s article introduces the Rainbow Village at AAS, a new gathering place for people of color in astronomy! Please check it out to learn more about the Rainbow Village during the upcoming AAS meeting in January 2024!
The bright future for Neutron Star–Black Hole mergers
Today’s authors discuss prospects for observing neutron star – black hole mergers in multiple messengers!
Set a course for GW Orionis. Maximum Warp. Engage!
Aside from their name, warped astrophysical disks have little in common with the warp drive. Nonetheless, come and enjoy a journey exploring them in today’s bite!
Under (Magnetic) Arrest? Possible Evidence for a Previously-Theorized type of Black Hole Accretion Disk
Today’s authors analyze the time delay between energetic flares coming from a black hole x-ray binary system, and try to determine if this is evidence of a magnetic process occuring in the accretion disk.
Separating the cosmic wheat from the chaff: Cosmological parameter estimation with the 21-cm line
Today’s authors might just be able to resolve some major cosmological debates with a new parameter estimation method!
It’s Nap Time: does AGN feedback cause our universe to take a “cosmic” afternoon nap?
Read ahead to find out if AGN feedback could shut down star formation in galaxies.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Doing green science in a white-out: Prospects for renewable energy at the South Pole
Today’s paper investigates the prospect of using renewable energy in the extreme environment at the South Pole Station in Antarctica
Write for Astrobites in Spanish
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Guide to Gravitational Waves
From PTAs to ground-based gravitational wave interferometers, many exciting discoveries have been made in the field of gravitational wave astronomy. Today we have an overview of it for you in this guide!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Advisee to Advising (your first research student)
Advising research students is one of the most rewarding aspects of doing research. How can you advise a research student during your PhD?
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Meenakshi Wadhwa
We interviewed @ASU planetary scientist and #MarsSampleReturn principal scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa who will be giving a plenary talk today at #AAS242!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Joel Kastner
Learn all about beautiful planetary nebulae with Joel Kastner at his plenary talk at #AAS242 this afternoon! We interviewed Kastner about his journey into astronomy here: