Professional Photometry with a Consumer Camera
Do you own a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera? The authors of today’s paper do. They used it for astronomy. They used it for science.
The Small Magellanic Cloud in 3D
In today’s paper, the authors use Cepheid distance moduli to study the structure of the SMC.
Observing the Simulated Universe
The authors of today’s paper created simulated galaxies, for which true properties are known. They then used synthetic observations to compare the true answers to the values observers would expect to recover.
Circumplanetary disks… soon!
Often science is a competition. Being first is sometimes important to get the well deserved credit for your work. Circumplanetary disks are currently a topic, in which you can still be first, since none has been detected so far. But is the current generation of telescopes already good enough to do that?
The Next Transit Hunters
The exoplanet hunt is on. The stakes are high. What will our next-generation telescopes find?
CSI: Universe
A supernova goes off. A star has died. Can its partner have anything to do with it?