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Heist in Space: Chasing the Stolen Planets
Plenty of committed and planned heists give examples of how to steal diamonds and pearls. But how to steal a whole planet? Easy! You just need to be a star in a star forming region.
The Continued Hunt for the Neutron Star at the Heart of SN 1987A
I spy with my little eye a pulsar wind nebula at the heart of SN 1987A. Check out today’s bite to see the latest results in the search for SN 1987A’s compact object.
Quench your inner star formation
Does one galaxy’s star formation quench another’s? Find out in today’s astrobite.
Are there thousands of Godzillas hiding in plain sight?
A unique galaxy suggests a novel method to search for rare stars, which may have been previously overlooked and misidentified.
Our Icy Planetary Relatives: Special Slushies?
The author’s of today’s paper found that planets are made of unappetizing slushies!
Detecting Exoplanets’ Elusive Magnetic Fields with Radio Transits
Today’s paper explores a promising method for detecting and constraining exoplanetary magnetic fields: measuring their effects on a host star’s radio emission during transits.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Our Icy Planetary Relatives: Special Slushies?
The author’s of today’s paper found that planets are made of unappetizing slushies!
Another one bites the dust: What dust devils tell us about Mars
Dust devils, also known as dusty vortices, are key to understanding Mars’ climate since they loft dust into the atmosphere, shaping the Martian environment. Today’s author discusses some dust devil data gathered by the Mars Environmental Dynamic Analyzer on the Perseverance rover.
JWST’s First Direct Spectrum of a Planetary-Mass Object
The second major result from JWST’s Direct Imaging ERS Team – a stunning brown dwarf spectrum!
Navigating careers in astronomy
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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!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Rebekah Dawson
We sit down with Professor Rebekah Dawson, Helen B. Warner Prize winner and plenary speaker at #AAS240 to hear about Hot Jupiters, the unexpected in astrophysics, and the best advice she got in graduate school!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Francis Halzen
How does a non-astronomer, experimentalist, non-engineer build an cosmic neutrino detector at the South Pole? Tune into Prof. Francis Halzen’s #AAS240 Bruno Rossi Prize talk to catch a glimpse.