Guide to Adaptive Optics
Adaptive optics is a key technology for modern astronomical observations, and we’ve got a great overview of it for you in this guide!
Adaptive optics is a key technology for modern astronomical observations, and we’ve got a great overview of it for you in this guide!
Today’s bite takes a look at the brown dwarf KELT-1b and the curious results of recent observations of its atmosphere
NASA’s SOFIA mission, an infrared telescope aboard a Boeing 747SP that helped discover the universe’s oldest molecule and found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, is preparing to fly for one last time tonight.
Brown Dwarfs can have swirling cloudy atmospheres just like their planetary cousins, but, as observed from the ground, the subject of today’s bite isn’t quite so variable after all.
Think comets are simply just ice and rock? You’ll be surprised at the range of interactions in their atmospheres. Find out more at Prof. Dennis Bodewits’ #AAS240 plenary talk!
A recap on our second event of Earth Week x Astrobites 2022: “Comparative Planetology as a Catalyst for Climate Conversation” given by Dr. David Grinspoon. How can Venus, Mars and Titan help us improve our climate models?