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How’s the Weather Looking on our Nearest Brown Dwarf Neighbors?
In today’s bite, we’ll be exploring the turbulent skies of WISE 1049AB, one of the closest known systems to our own solar system. We’ll see how observations can reveal the nature of their atmospheres and how they can be used to better understand atmospheres of other giant planets.
Mixing planetary cocktails: one step further toward understanding sub-Neptunes
We follow recipes for perfect cocktails, but we have yet to discover the recipe for sub-Neptune exoplanets. Today’s bite explores how hydrogen and silicates mix inside these mysterious worlds and what this tells us about their structure and evolution.
Neutri-yes or Neutri-no: Could Magnetars Explain Two Mysteries of the Universe?
Today’s bite explores if highly magnetic compact objects called magnetars could explain where the observed background of high-energy neutrinos in our Universe comes from!
A Possible GLIMPSE of the Universe’s First Stars
Today’s bite explores a new method to find the galaxies hosting the Universe’s first generation of stars
She’s Not Like the Other Galaxies: The Nearly-Impossible Qualities of CEERS2-588
Galaxy-modelers beware! Today’s bite will guide you through an analysis of CEERS2-588, a quirky, UV-luminous, early galaxy discovered by JWST that’s causing issues in our theoretical models!
Standardizing Standard Candles: Exploring the (lack of a) Bias in Cosmological Distance Measurements
Today’s paper tests some recent claims that there is a bias in cosmological distance measurements!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Roman Spectroscopy Data Challenge Splinter Session at AAS246
Guest authors from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Spectroscopic Probes of Quantitative Reionization (SPQR) Team takes us through the upcoming Roman Spectroscopy Data Challenge at the 246th AAS Splinter Session.
NSF and NASA Budget Requests Pose an Unprecedented Threat to Astronomy
The president’s budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. This post summarizes the major cuts and the impacts they would have, and provides resources to help fight back against this wasteful and unnecessary attack on science.
Interview with Dr. Janice Lee
As a part of AAPI month, we interviewed Dr. Janice Lee, an astronomer who uses space telescopes to learn about star formation!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Erin Kara
Today we talk black holes with Professor Erin Kara in anticipation of her plenary talk at #AAS241!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Now we can do science with 5000+ exoplanets, and Dr. Jessie Christiansen is going to tell us how! Read the interview with the #AAS241 keynote speaker now!
The National Osterbrock Leadership Program: Rethinking the Astronomy PhD
The National Osterbrock Leadership Program (NOLP) is an AAS-supported initiative aimed at incorporating leadership training into the Astronomy PhD. Read on to learn more about NOLP and about the workshop led by the NOLP fellows at AAS 241!