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Where We Might Find Life
With a new generation of space and ground based telescopes on the horizon, we will soon have the tools to efficiently begin looking for life’s signatures in exoplanet atmospheres. Where should we look first to maximize our chances?
UR: Finding the Chirp
Today’s #UndergradResearch post features Shashwat Singh’s work using deep learning as an asset for gravitational wave astronomy!
A Picture (or Ten) is Worth 10,000 Words: Unearthing the History of the Lenticular Galaxy NGC 3115
The authors of today’s paper uncovered the evolutionary history behind the Milky Way’s closest lenticular neighbor.
From Dust Bunnies to Black Holes: Oppenheimer-Snyder Collapse
In this summary of a classic paper from 1939, we look back at the very first theory of black hole formation: Oppenheimer and Snyder’s model of a spherically collapsing ball of dust.
Evolving Terrestrial Atmospheres: Can Fire and Air Make A Watery Earth?
Can interactions between magma and a planetary atmosphere create a water dominated super-Earth?
Four Spiral Arms Walk into a Bar…
Mapping the structure of dense gas in the Milky Way is a huge undertaking… which is why we have huge surveys!
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