UR: Simulating Interactions with Lunar Rocks
For today’s Undergrad Research submission, an undergraduate at U of Georgia is simulating collisions on the Moon’s surface to investigate how water could have been produced there.
UR: A Getting Started Guide for JWST NIRSpec IFU Data Reduction
In today’s addition to our Undergrad Research series, a collaboration of students presents their guide to reducing JWST NIRSpec IFU data.
The Floor is Magma! (But that’s a good thing)
Do magma oceans help planets form and retain water oceans?
Can we identify the host galaxies of LISA sources?
The upcoming LISA mission promises to detect many gravitational wave events, but can it attribute any of them to a host galaxy? Let’s find out!
Interview Series: Ronald López
In today’s Beyond post, we interview Ronald López, an Afro-Latino astronomer interested in exoplanet instrumentation!
Signs of (Pre-)Life: Can JWST Detect Conditions for the Formation of Earth-like Life on Distant Planets?
Signs of life on other worlds might be detectable with today’s instruments – but can JWST detect the signs of conditions where life could form? Today’s authors try to answer this question.