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An introduction to Obsidian for the busy astronomer
Whether you’re looking for a new way to organize your thoughts or just want to experiment with a different workflow, Obsidian offers a refreshing, local-first approach to note-taking. Here is a quick, no-frills guide to getting started with Obsidian.
Found in our own Backyard: A Child of the First Stars?
A direct descendant of the first stars! Read today’s bite to learn how the authors found it.
Looking through the eccentricity pinhole
Only a tiny fraction of black hole binaries produce gravitational waves with measurable eccentricity. What does the eccentricity distribution tell us about how these binaries formed?
Hunting for Exomoons Around a Lonely Planet
Moons are abundant within our own solar system, but astronomers have historically struggled to find moons (exomoons) within other systems beyond our own. Yet, today’s authors suggest that the James Webb Space Telescope may be the key for solving this missing exomoon problem.
Guest: A Pricey Path to Habitable Planets: Expanding the VLTI to Directly Probe Exoplanets
Today’s authors propose upgrades to the VLTI that will allow us to search for signs of life on distant worlds.
Looking at Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays From Many Angles (Specifically, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 80° and -90° ≤ δ ≤ 44.8°)
If you have a cosmic mystery on your hands, surely it helps to examine it from as many angles as possible? Today’s authors do that, literally, while investigating the highest-energy particles in the universe.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Meredith Hughes
Today, we interview Dr Meredith Hughes, associate professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Susan Clark
Today we interview Dr. Susan Clark, faculty at Stanford University.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. James Klimchuk
Today we interview Dr. James Klimchuk, Research Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dan Foreman-Mackey
An astronomer who codes: we talked to the #AAS241 keynote speaker, Dan Foreman-Mackey, about his career, data science, and more.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. John C Mather
Today we interview Nobel Laureate and Senior Project Scientist of JWST , Dr. John C Mather, for his plenary talk at #AAS241!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Today we interview theoretical physicist Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein for her plenary talk at #AAS241!