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1981: Barbara Williams becomes the first Black woman to get a PhD…
Today’s Astrobite looks at a classic paper by Barbara Williams, the first Black woman to get a PhD
#BlackInAstro Experiences: KeShawn Ivory
Graduate student KeShawn Ivory writes on how being Black has affected his trajectory in astrophysics, what the field would ideally look like for him, what he needs non-Black folks in the field to understand and change, and how all these questions are really one and the same.
UR #20: Pointing the Green Bank Telescope
Today’s undergraduate research post features a student who helped to characterize the pointing performance of the world’s largest fully steerable telescope!
A New Theory for an Old Siberian Explosion
Can an asteroid passing through the atmosphere explain the largest impact event in recorded history?
(Stellar) Social Distancing in the Milky Way Bulge
Are stars at the center of our galaxy good at protecting their planets via social distancing? Find out..
Transiting Brown Dwarfs from TESS
Today’s paper reports the discovery of two new transiting Brown Dwarfs using TESS.
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