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Where does a Dragonfly land?
Today’s bite explores the landing site selection process for Dragonfly, an upcoming rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Replacing our constellations with satellites
As satellite constellations crowd our night sky, today’s authors advocate for space as a globally shared resource rather than an entity to be owned and controlled
In-“creasing” Exomoon Candidates Through Folding
Lightcurve folding is frequently used to make signals in the data clearer. Today’s author describes a novel way to use the folding method to pick out exomoon signals from exoplanet transit lightcurves.
UR: Characterising the Risk to Earth of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, Leah Bigwood investigates whether three Near Earth Asteroids are likely to impact Earth in the next 100 years.
Unidentified Flaring Object
Identifying the source of the nuclear flare in SDSS J154843.06+220812.6
An explosive hug!
Today’s paper investigates a mysterious stellar explosion that resulted when a black hole or a neutron star crashed into a star.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
UR: Novel Flux Measurements for Fast Radio Bursts with CHIME Telescope
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, read about Yuliya Shpunarska’s work on flux measurements of fast radio bursts using the CHIME telescope!
Understanding the Rent Burden in Astronomy
Is your rent astronomical??
Going green: making astronomy sustainable for future generations
At this year’s National Astronomy Meeting, we sat down to talk about the climate crisis. Here’s what happened.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Cheyenne Polius
On the final day of #BlackInAstroWeek2021, we interview science communicator and #BlackInAstro organizer Cheyenne Polius!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Carl E. Fields
Another interview for #BlackInAstroWeek! We interview Dr. Carl E. Fields, a rising star studying core-collapse supernovae using computer simulations and one of the #BlackInAstro co-organizers!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Caprice Phillips
Another interview for #BlackInAstroWeek! We interview Caprice Phillips, a rising star studying exoplanets and one of the #BlackInAstro organizers!