by Wasi Naqvi | Apr 10, 2026 | Accessibility, Beyond, Current Events, Historical Astronomy
Artemis, AI, Astronomy, and our place in it. The author asks why do astrophysics at all. To produce results faster, or to turn graduate students into inefficient stand-ins for software? Or because astronomy is one of the most human things we do. It gives us wonder, yes, but also responsibility: to remember the histories of colonialism and militarization tied to our instruments, to use new tools without surrendering judgment, and to insist that people remain the point of the enterprise. The universe is not only something to be computed. It is something to be encountered, interpreted, and loved.
by Nicki Bond | Mar 30, 2026 | Accessibility, Daily Paper Summaries
In today’s paper, we explore how blazar light curves can be transformed into music and the benefits of this for both scientists and science communication.
by Wasi Naqvi | Mar 3, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Pluto’s demotion from a planet didn’t just rewrite a definition, it launched an astronomical treasure hunt. Hidden amidst far flung icy bodies beyond Neptune, is there a ninth planet in our solar system?
by Serat Saad | Mar 2, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
For the first time, a supermassive black hole is discovered away from its galaxy’s center, exposed when it tears apart a star in a tidal disruption event.
by Anavi Uppal | Feb 9, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
We’re not sure if Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) exist, but today’s authors might have seen evidence of them while observing the Andromeda Galaxy — and not just one PBH, but twelve!
by Hillary Diane Andales | Feb 6, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Compact ultra-faint systems? More like confusing ultra-faint systems!
