Astrobites at DPS 2021: Part 1
We’re covering this week’s AAS Division for Planetary Sciences meeting! Check out theshighlights of the conference.
Hey, you’ve got some planet stuck in your teeth…
Take a bite out of today’s post, where the authors explore the occurrence rate of planetary ingestion in wide binary stellar systems. Turns out that about a fourth of Sun-like stars in wide binaries may ingest their planetary companions. Yum!
The Audible Universe
Astronomy has traditionally been a very visual science, but it doesn’t have to stay this way. Learn how the organizers of the Audible Universe, a conference on sonification in astronomy, are paving the way for more inclusive and accessible data in astronomy by making the stars sing.
Understanding the Rent Burden in Astronomy
Is your rent astronomical??
The cold case of S0 galaxies: quiet passing or violent death?
Today’s paper looks at two types of lenticular galaxies — seemingly alike, they took very different evolutionary paths.
So You Want to be a Professor of Astronomy?
Will I ever be an astronomy professor?