The Dance of Fire and Ice: a White Dwarf and its ultra-cool Brown Dwarf companion
Today’s post discusses the discovery of an unusual system: an ultra-cool brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf!
A Grad Student Seat at the Faculty Hiring Table
Today’s authors, the Yale Astronomy Student Council, present a framework for involving graduate students into the faculty hiring process!
A Guide to the Guide on the Guide to The Galaxy Catalog Approach for Dark Siren Gravitational Wave-Cosmology
Planning on using gravitational waves for cosmology or measuring distances? It’s dangerous out there — don’t forget this handy guide!
Dynamical Duo: An Updated Understanding of the Orbits of the Two Giant Planets in the HD 45354 System
In today’s paper, the authors take another look at the HD 45354 planetary system, and come to new conclusions about the orbit of the two gas giants within!
INTEGRAL: an integral key to high energy astronomy
INTEGRAL changed our understanding of X-ray binaries, and taught us so much about our galactic home. Here’s a brief look, in awe and gratitude.
Some “not so fast” fast radio bursts
Today’s authors find some slow (relatively speaking) fast radio bursts. Read on to learn what this means for the fast radio burst population!