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X-treme X-rays in an X-tra young system
Five years after this supermassive black hole started shining, its X-ray behavior is anything but ordinary.
NASA Needs Your Help!
NASA is facing severe budget cuts that would cancel missions ready to be launched, put tens of thousands out of a job, and set science back decades. We need your help to ask congress to prevent these cuts!
NCIS JWST: Analyzing The Aftermath of The Bullet Cluster’s Collision
BANG! That’s the sound of a new study of the Bullet Cluster that digs deep into where the system’s dark matter is and what properties it may have.
Neutron Star Limbo: How Low Can Their Masses Go?
Simulations reveal how a surprisingly low-mass neutron star might have formed–and what that means for supernova theory.
How can we build trust in science?
Fostering public trust in science is essential for creating a stronger and more informed global society. As researchers and communicators, what can we do to help build this trust?
You Shall Not Pass! AGN Jets through the ISM
Fly you fools! Towards a better understanding of jet-ISM interactions!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
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Navigating careers in astronomy
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Meet the Keynote Speakers: Konstantin Batygin
Planetary scientist Konstantin Batygin discusses the elusive Planet Nine and how he fell into astrophysics whilst waiting for his rock band to become the next Metallica.
Illuminating teaching, and the art of going where you want to go
We all teach, in some form, every single day. For many academics that means a class full of students eager to learn. And yet we are so very rarely taught to teach. Here we introduce one simple morsel that can improve our way of explaining something immensely: deciding what you want to say, and then saying it.
Let’s talk about policy, baby
Whether we like it or not, policy affects the way we do science. Read on to learn about it, and how you can help shape policy yourself!