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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dave Pooley
Today we interview Dr. Dave Pooley, professor at the Trinity University and one of this year’s #AAS245 Keynote speaker!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Jason Kalirai
Today we interview Dr. Jason Kalirai, Mission Area Executive at the Johns Hopkins APL and one of this year’s #AAS245 Keynote speaker!
Digging up Our Galaxy’s History Under the Sea
What was happening in our Galaxy millions of years ago? The authors of today’s paper suggest we can find out from minerals under the sea here on Earth.
The Hubble Tension is Still Tense
Today’s authors make a high-precision measurement to address a key issue in modern cosmology: the Hubble tension. Read on to see what they found!
Giving Justice to Intermediate Mass Black Hole Mergers!
How can we find the gravitational waves that form when an IMBH and SMBH merge? Read ahead to find out how we can prepare to detect these supposedly common mergers using LISA!
Smoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!
Every exomoon deserves the chance to fly!
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John Johnson on Undergraduate Research
Are you an undergraduate researcher? Read what a Caltech professor has to say about why what you’re doing is important and why you’re going to be better at it than you ever thought.
John Johnson on Graduate Admissions
Are you planning on going to grad school? Check out what the chair of the graduate admissions committee at Caltech has to say about getting into a program like his.
Postponing the Next Step: a Decision to Defer
Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez is a first year graduate student at the astronomy department of the University of Maryland, College Park. Here, she discusses her decision to defer grad school for a year and the adventures she had.