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A Guide to Writing Your First Referee Report

A Guide to Writing Your First Referee Report

by Niloofar Sharei | May 8, 2026 | Beyond, Career Navigation, Guides, Personal Experiences

The email asking you to referee your first paper is coming. Here’s a practical, step-by-step guide for that exact moment, built from the AAS peer review workshop.

The Secret Language of Astrophysics Plots

The Secret Language of Astrophysics Plots

by Jayde Willingham | Apr 17, 2026 | Accessibility, Beyond, Career Navigation, Guides, Teaching

Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro.

This Pulsar Has Mood Swings

This Pulsar Has Mood Swings

by Guest | May 21, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Guest author Giovanni Cozzolongo tells us about peculiar pulsar magnetic fields!

Smoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!

Smoons, Ploonets, and Circumbinary Planets, Oh My!

by Diana Solano-Oropeza | Jan 8, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Every exomoon deserves the chance to fly!

Noclip on! Simulated primordial black holes could dance through Sun-like stars

Noclip on! Simulated primordial black holes could dance through Sun-like stars

by Diana Solano-Oropeza | May 29, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

What might the orbit of a primordial black hole going in and out of a Sun-like star look like?

Testing cosmology with the DES 5-year supernovae dataset

Testing cosmology with the DES 5-year supernovae dataset

by Abbé Whitford | Mar 22, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s astrobite, we discuss the results of the cosmology analysis for the Dark Energy Survey, from it’s 5 year supernovae dataset.

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