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Galactic Smashes and Stellar Crashes: Forming Dense Star Clusters
You know the saying: “when gas-rich galaxies collide, young massive star clusters will soon reside” … well maybe you’ll know the saying after reading this astrobite!
Kickin’ It Into Overdrive With Stellar Escapees
Follow along as we zoom through the stars with these hypervelocity stellar survivors and uncover their explosive origins.
We’ve been trying to reach you about your leaky dust trap’s extended warranty
Planets are supposed to be effective at blocking the radial drift of icy pebbles around nascent stars forming planets – but the young planets around PDS 70 don’t appear to be doing a very good job…
One is the Loneliest Number: Destroying Planet-Planet Binaries
JWST’s discovery of free-floating binary planetary-mass objects came as quite a surprise and tests theories of planet formation. Today’s paper investigates whether dynamical encounters in dense star-forming regions could destroy such binary systems.
An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design: Instrument Requirements
In today’s bite we are once again revisiting the mission design concept MAUVE to learn how science objectives drive instrument design requirements!
Using Large-scale structures and gravitational wave sources to measure the expansion rate
In today’s astrobite we explore a new approach that has been developed to measure the Universal expansion rate, involving gravitational waves from merging black holes and the large-scale structure of the Universe.
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Distance Learning Can Make Astronomy Education More Accessible
Are you struggling to fit studying around your life? Guest author Laura Martin tells us about her experiences with distance learning in astronomy.
Graduate School Taking a Toll On Your Mental Health? You’re Not Alone.
With courses, teaching labs, and try to get as much research in as possible, graduate students are feeling the pressure more than ever and it’s affecting their mental health. Check out this article for tips on how to maintain a healthy brain during a difficult time.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Professor Anthony Yeates
Don’t get it twisted—unless “it” is the solar magnetic field and you want to produce a coronal mass ejection. Come listen to Prof. Anthony Yeates talk about his work at #AAS234!