Meet the Keynote Speakers: Martin Aubé
Light pollution is a concern for many astronomy enthusiasts and stargazers, but for Prof. Martin Aubé its effects are a lifelong investigation.
Astrobites: A Look back at 2016!
A Happy New Year from everyone at Astrobites! Read on to find out about our fun events, collaborations and top-read articles in the last 12 months!
No need for alien mega-structures around the WTF star
The WTF star, formally known as KIC 8462852, has been causing lots of fuss not only in the scientific community but also in the media. Some suggest strange features in its light curve are the work of an alien civilization. The authors of today’s paper came up with a much simpler solution.
Image credits: Danielle Futselaar / SETI International
How one person discovered the majority of the universe – The work of Vera Rubin
With the death of Vera Rubin, we retrace the steps on her most important discovery. From watching the speed of stars and gas orbiting a galaxy she found a mysterious quirk in the results, and followed it to find inescapable evidence that led to the discovery of invisible and mysterious matter, 5 times more massive than all other matter in the Universe.
New World Weather
Astronomers discover weather on a new world for the first time.
The Lowest Mass Planet with a Detected Atmosphere
The lowest mass exoplanet ever to have its atmosphere measured. How do you do it, and what did it show?