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Asteroid Deflections are like a Box of Chocolates
In 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed itself into an asteroid in a binary system. Today’s paper investigates the unexpected evolution of the binary’s orbit after the collision.
Super-Earth, Super-Tectonics?
Turns out there’s more than one way to “plate” a planet!
Chapter 3 Summary: Climate Modelling by Anna Yabre, Climate Change for Astronomers
Today’s Astrobite summarizes Chapter 3, Climate Modelling, from the e-book ‘Climate Change for Astronomers’, to discuss how climate models work, their limitations, and the status of projections from climate models.
The Atmosphere’s Health is Astronomy’s Future
Learn how rocket launches and the demand for satellites threaten astronomy and the ozone layer.
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.
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Paola Caselli
Where did we come from? Where did we go? Astrochemistry can help answer the first question, at least… Find out more at Prof. Paola Caselli’s talk at #AAS236!
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.