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Radio this one in: a catalogue of hundreds of new and known radio stars
Is your favourite star radio bright? Find out today with the most comprehensive collection of radio stars yet: the Sydney Radio Star Catalogue!
Water, Water, Everywhere – And Not a Drop to Photodissociate!
One step closer to finding the origin of Earth’s water thanks to PDS 70! But does the water come from complex chemistry, or icy pebbles sneaking past a giant planet?
J1010+2358 PISN’t a direct descendant of the first stars
We thought we finally found a direct descendant of the first stars. A follow-up observation showed that it PISN’t.
What a coincidence! Separating real X-ray photons from fakers in an X-ray spectrometer
What is an anti-coincidence detector and how does it work? Read about it in today’s bite
Six Supermassive Black Holes Wake Up from a Long Nap
Six galaxies show signs of a brand new active black hole in today’s bite.
Set Phase Curves to Stun!
When it rains on WASP-121b, it pours…crystals of rock! Today’s bite explores the JWST phase curve of an extreme exoplanet.
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Taking the Leap from Astronomy to Engineering
In this guest post, James Paul Mason tells us about his path from astrophysics to aerospace engineering, and describes how he put a satellite in space as a graduate student.
Recognizing the minds behind scientific software
On a daily basis, astronomers deal with analyzing data. That’s the way we verify our models and increase our comprehension of the universe. In order to do that, we commonly rely on general software such as Astropy. Who’s behind such powerful tool? Is our community giving these people the proper recognition?
The impact of the Physics GRE in astronomy graduate admissions
It’s that time of the year again: graduate school application season. Today we revisit a 2015 article that shows, once more, that GRE scores requirements on graduate admissions hurt diversity and equity of opportunity in astronomy, and we are overdue on fighting against the inertia.