by Stephanie (Hamilton) Deppe | Jan 3, 2019 | Current Events
The era of petabyte and exabyte astronomical surveys is rapidly approaching. How will we store all this data and ensure its longevity for future decades of astronomers? Check out Dr. Alex Szalay’s plenary talk at #AAS233 to find out!
by Sanjana Curtis | Jul 18, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
An novel method that could add texture to other worlds.
by Jessica Roberts | May 4, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
Using new Gaia data, the authors update the stellar radii for the majority of Kepler’s stars. While they find that most stars have similar radii to previous reported values, there are some large discrepancies.
by Stephanie (Hamilton) Deppe | Jan 22, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
Yes, even astronomers get competitive. Which team will develop the best method to measure the Hubble constant, H0, using information derived from strong gravitational lensing images?
by Emily Sandford | Oct 13, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
I wanted to call this post “Hubble Trouble,” but six hundred people have already done that.
by Matthew Green | Sep 7, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Two attempts to measure the masses of retired A-type stars give two different results.