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Gotcha! Finding Isolated Stellar Mass Black Holes
Finding isolated black holes is really tricky, since they are basically invisible. But today’s authors have managed to find one anyways, by using the great multi-tool of gravitational microlensing!
A new exomoon candidate: Kepler-1708 b-i
Today’s paper reports evidence for a new exomoon Kepler-1708 b-i, a mini-Neptune sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Gibor Basri
As part of our #BlackInAstro series for Black History Month, we interview Dr. Gibor Basri, a pioneer in stellar astronomy (one of the discoverers of brown dwarfs) and the founding Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley!
Dance of Harmony in Intriguing TOI-178 Multi-planetary System
Have you ever heard of a star having six planets in a special configuration which makes them “dance”? Today’s paper discusses such a system, and tells us what we can learn from it.
A Gamma-Ray Blast from the Distant Past
GRB 210905A is one of the longest, most distant, most energetic, and most luminous gamma-ray bursts that we’ve ever detected. What can we learn from this outstanding outburst?
Why New Mexico State Graduate Students are Fighting to Unionize
Graduate students at New Mexico State work for poverty wages, needing to pay for their own tuition and health insurance. In this bite, a student describes the fight to form a union and his university’s response. Learn more and sign their petition to show support.
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