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#BlackInAstro Experiences: Ayanna Jones
For our last post in #BlackInAstroWeek, we interview graduate student Ayanna Jones about her experience as a Black woman astrochemist!
Is the Hubble Tension actually a Temperature Tension?
The Hubble tension is one of the biggest issues in modern cosmology. Why can we not agree on the expansion rate of the Universe? Today’s authors propose a solution: The actual disagreement might be in the assumed mean temperature of the cosmic microwave background.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: David Zegeye
Graduate student David Zegeye writes about his experience as a Black astronomer from Chicago, and about UChicago’s past and present vis-à-vis the land it occupies.
#BlackInAstro: Black Women in Astronomy and Physics
Today’s post for #BlackInAstro week looks at the underrepresentation of Black women in astronomy and physics, and summarizes two papers on their lived experiences in the field.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Cheyenne Polius
Graduate student Cheyenne Polius writes about her experience as a Black woman studying astrophysics in the UK!
#BlackInAstro: Not a Lack of Science Aspiration, But a Lack of Career Inspiration?
Today for #BlackInAstro week, we summarize a sociological study on Black students’ science aspirations & how to improve the “thinkability” of science careers.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Cheyenne Polius
Graduate student Cheyenne Polius writes about her experience as a Black woman studying astrophysics in the UK!
#BlackInAstro: Not a Lack of Science Aspiration, But a Lack of Career Inspiration?
Today for #BlackInAstro week, we summarize a sociological study on Black students’ science aspirations & how to improve the “thinkability” of science careers.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Ashley Walker
To start off a full week of #BlackInAstro posts, we interview Ashley Walker—the person who came up with the #BlackInAstro hashtag!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof James Lowenthal
Find out more about the challenges that satellite constellations, like SpaceX’s Starlink, pose to modern astronomy. Hear Prof James Lowenthal’s thoughts at his joint #AAS236 talk (with Prof Sandra Cruz-Pol) on Tuesday 2nd June at 12:40 pm (EDT).
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jo Dunkley
Hear from Jo Dunkley about the future of CMB observations as well as her journey into Academia at #AAS236.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
We sit down with Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, the 236th AAS Meeting’s Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer to discuss her quest to find life on other planets using the information we know about our own.