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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr James Binney
Today we interview Dr. James Binney, a faculty at Oxford University, and a plenary speaker at #AAS247
Use the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Luke! The JEDIce view of a protoplanetary disc
JWST offers new insights into the vertical structure of this protoplanetary disc, special for the ambient emitting background that provides a back-light. Find out what the JEDIce program has discovered!
Listen closely to these gravitational waves
Subtle whispers in gravitational waves put general relativity to the test.
Black hole sun, won’t you come… help solve the little red dot mystery?
Today’s paper argues that a little red dot with a massive Balmer break could be a black hole star.
This galaxy simulation can fit so many stars and gas particles in it
Simulating an entire galaxy is not easy if you want your result sometime this century. But today’s paper brings us a neat trick that might just help speed things up.
Resolving the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies
Studying dwarf galaxies provides unique insights to galaxy evolution. Today’s paper explores how resolving stellar populations of isolated galaxies allows us to determine their star formation history!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Maria Drout
Today we interview Dr. Maria Drout, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and one of this year’s #AAS245 Keynote speaker!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Aaron Meisner
Today we interview Dr. Aaron Meisner, research astronomer at NOIRLab and one of this year’s #AAS245 Keynote speaker!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Paolo Soffitta and Dr. Martin Weisskopf
Today we interview Dr. Paolo Soffitta and Dr. Martin Weisskopf about their work on the IXPE mission for their HEAD Bruno Rossi Prize Lecture at #AAS245!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Victoria Kaspi and Dr. Paul Scholz
We sit down with Professor Vicky Kaspi and Dr. Paul Scholz, plenary speakers at #AAS240, to hear about their work studying fast radio bursts with the CHIME telescope!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. David Weinberg
We sit down with Professor David Weinberg, one of the designers of SDSS, to talk about his plenary at #AAS240, “Asteroids to Reionization: The Broad Reach of Survey Astronomy”, and much more!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Robert Lupton
Curious about how we convert 0’s and 1’s into images? Then go listen to Dr. Robert Lupton’s talk at #AAS240!