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A tale of two toy models: towards understanding the geometry of cosmic rays in the Milky Way
Today’s astrobite looks at how we can use observations of gamma-rays and neutrinos to test our models of cosmic rays.
Astrobites at AAS 247: Day 3
Read on for our 3rd installment of AAS 247 coverage!
Meet the AAS 247 Keynote Speakers: Xavier Siemens
Today we interview Prof Xavier Siemens, Professor at Oregon State University. He and his colleague, Maura McLaughlin, will accept the Bruno Rossi Prize on behalf of the NANOGrav Collaboration at #AAS247.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Maura McLaughlin
Today we interview Dr. Maura McLaughlin, who is a professor at West Virginia
University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Astrobites at AAS 247: Day 2
Astrobites is at AAS 247! Read on for coverage of Day 2.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Maya Fishbach
Today we interview Dr. Maya Fishbach, assistant professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), University of Toronto, winner of the 2025 Annie Jump Cannon Award and a plenary speaker at #AAS247
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
So, you want to be a graduate student activist.
Are you a graduate student interested in making your astronomy department or university a better place to grad school? Today, one of our authors shares his advice about how to make positive change from his experiences this past year as a Graduate Student Council President.
More Than a Name – Why Women in Physics Deserve Context
Why should we give more context to the incredible contributions to STEM by exceptional women? And do you need to be exceptional to be successful? Find out in this interview with Dr Claire Davies!
Chapter 7 Summary Part 2: Energy Solutions by Rector and Yu, Climate Change for Astronomers
This post summarizes the second half of Chapter 7 of the book ‘Climate Change for Astronomers’, involving a discussion of energy sources available to us in the present, and the future, in order to understand the way forward for solutions to climate change. It also discusses how various solutions can be combined, how energy usage can be made more efficient, and how we can move towards creating a smarter and greener energy infrastructure.
Navigating careers in astronomy
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Gail Zasowski
We sit down with Professor Gail Zasowski, plenary speaker at #AAS240, to hear about new techniques to understand the Milky Way Galaxy from the inside!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Allison Strom
What can chemistry tell us about galaxies? The #AAS240 keynote speaker thinks it is basically the “DNA” of a galaxy. Find out more at Dr. Allison Strom’s talk!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Laura Kreidberg
After the boom in exoplanet atmosphere research this past decade, what will the field look like going forward? Find out at Prof. Laura Kreidberg’s #AAS240 Annie Jump Cannon Award plenary talk!