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Astrobites at AAS 245: Welcome!
Welcome to our coverage of AAS 245! We’ve got interviews with speakers, daily coverage, and so much more to come this week.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Neta Bahcall
Today, we interview Dr. Neta Bahcall, who is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University, about her Henry Norris Russell Lecture at #AAS245
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jennifer Bergner
Today we interview Dr. Jennifer Bergner, Assitant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the recipient of the 2024 Annie Jump Cannon Award.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Shouleh Nikzad
Today we interview Dr. Shouleh Nikzad, one of the plenary speakers, about her work at JPL on UV technology development and her journey to being the Science Division Manager and JPLE Fellow.
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Kate Follette
Today, we interview Dr. Kate Follette, who is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at Amherst College, about her Plenary Lecture at #AAS245
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Alexandra Pope
Today we interview Dr. Alexandra Pope, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and one of this year’s #AAS245 Keynote speaker!
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
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Navigating careers in astronomy
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How do we decide whether to do safe research that is sure to make a small contribution to science or to pursue risky projects that could make a big difference?
Astronomy software developer Bill Joye on ds9 7.0
We discuss software development in astronomy with Bill Joye and tour the newest version of his ubiquitous program, ds9.
A credit rating agency for physics?
Abraham Loeb proposes the creation of “credit rating agencies” to evaluate the riskiness to young researches of emerging theories in physics.