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Can’t we just take a picture of an exoplanet?
If we want to know about the conditions for life on an Earth-like exoplanet, can’t we just take a picture of it? One where we can see continents, clouds and potential biospheres?
The short answer is we can’t. The long answer as to why not is found in today’s bite.
SED Fitting: How Astronomers Understand Galaxies Across Time
When studying distant galaxies, SED fitting is one tool to rule them all. But how can we learn the detailed history of entire galaxies from just a few snapshots?
What’s the (Lagrange) point?
There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points!
How to ID some extrasolar dusty snowballs
Exocomets are becoming more interesting, given their detections are more promising and well studied. So, naming them is of more importance now than ever. Today’s bite summarizes a paper that proposes a nomenclature for exocomets.
Feed the Fire, Fade the Metals
Are cosmic clumps “homegrown”, or fueled by fresh inflow? Today’s authors find that star-forming clumps are usually more metal-poor than the disks around them.
A Potential New Piece of the “Little Red Dot” Puzzle
Today’s paper presents an intriguing new object, which may be a early-Universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
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!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Shouleh Nikzad
Today we interview Dr. Shouleh Nikzad, one of the plenary speakers, about her work at JPL on UV technology development and her journey to being the Science Division Manager and JPLE Fellow.
#AAS245!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. William Donahue
How does astronomy get passed down from generation to generation? Learn about Kepler and the history of astronomy from Dr. William Donahue’s #AAS240 LeRoy E. Doggett Award plenary talk!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator at NASA Science and plenary speaker at AAS 240 reflects on the need for an entrepreneurial drive in Astronomy students.
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!