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Many Mergers Might Fill the Mass Gap
Did you know that many observed black holes theoretically shouldn’t exist? Today’s paper gathers gravitational wave evidence for how these impossible black holes might have formed.
A Guide to Writing Your First Referee Report
The email asking you to referee your first paper is coming. Here’s a practical, step-by-step guide for that exact moment, built from the AAS peer review workshop.
Rewinding exoplanetary clocks: L 98-59 d opens up research into a new type of molten worlds
We cannot travel back in time, but we can still try to reconstruct how planets evolved from the clues they leave behind today. In this Astrobite, we explore how L 98-59 d’s atmosphere and interior models reveal a molten world still being reshaped by its host star.
Listening for Dark Matter: What Can’t Einstein Telescope do?
Today we explore how Einstein Telescope might be the instrument to indirectly see (or hear..?) dark matter!
What exactly is happening during a gamma-ray burst? Maybe, the lowest frequency radio observations have the answer!
Today’s authors search for low frequency radio bursts following gamma-ray bursts to test its emission mechanism!
Cosmic Cannibalism: When Stars Eat Their Planets
Some stars hide a strange ingredient in their atmospheres: the remains of a planet they devoured. It turns out to be more common than expected.
Beyond astro-ph
Astronomy beyond the research
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Priyamvada Natarajan
Today we interview Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan, a professor at Yale, winner of the 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics and a plenary speaker at #AAS247
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Alexander Furnas
Today, we interview Dr. Alex Furnas, a political science researcher at Northwestern University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Tonima Tasnim Ananna
Today we interview Dr. Tonima Tasnim Ananna, who is a professor at Wayne State University and one of this year’s #AAS247 Plenary speakers!
Navigating careers in astronomy
Career advice
Demystifying the Faculty Hiring Process
So how exactly does one get a faculty job? We discuss the actual process of the the faculty job hunt and all that it entails.
The Rainbow Village at AAS: An Astrobites Recap
The Rainbow Village at AAS provided a gathering place for people of color in astronomy at the recent AAS meeting in New Orleans. Today’s post looks back at how things went, and where the concept will go in the future!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Karen Meech
Today we interview planetary astronomer Dr. Karen Meech from the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi, for her Dannie Heineman Prize Lecture at #AAS243!