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Finding Avatar’s Pandora: Exomoons with Astrometry
Though moons are ubiquitous in our Solar System, we have not yet found one elsewhere (an exomoon). Today’s paper investigates whether we could find moons by precisely tracking the positions of a star and planet.
The Impact of Blazar Shape on Polarization Measurements
Today’s authors consider the way AGN jet shape changes our measurements of blazar polarization.
Guide to CVs
What is a CV? How is this different from a résumé? How do I start building a CV? All of these questions and more await within this guide!
Twinkle, twinkle, little quasar! Can you tell me how far away you are?
When we don’t have spectra, we can estimate the distance to a quasar by calculating its photometric redshift. Today’s authors present a new way to use the ‘flickering’ of quasars to improve these distance estimates.
A Black Hole Egg that Forgot to Hatch
Giant black holes may have hatched from cosmic eggs. What happens when we find one on our doorstep?
Get back in line! A disc that won’t stay aligned with its planet
Planets should form aligned with their host protoplanetary discs. So why does this star have a planet and disc that aren’t at all in line?
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Marcelle Soares-Santos
If you’d like to learn how multi-messenger observations can help us understand the expansion of the Universe, check out Dr. Marcelle Soares-Santos’ plenary talk at #AAS237
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Smadar Naoz
Today we’ve got an interview with the awesome Professor Smadar Naoz at @UCLA, #AAS237 plenary speaker and Helen B. Warner prize winner! Read on about her journey in astronomy and her awesome work about dynamics.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Brian Nord
Machine learning is a powerful tool… but with great power, comes great responsibility. Learn more about it at Dr. Brian Nord’s talk at #AAS237!