How NASA chooses its missions (and how you can help)
NASA is a massive and multifaceted organization. As a graduate student, you can participate in the reviews that ultimately lead to the next big space mission.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery: Introducing massive Mercury doppelganger HD 137496 b
You’ve heard of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes… but what about a super-Mercury?
Perpendicular planets are less peculiar than you’d think
Simulations of planet formation around binary stars compare coplanar vs perpendicular orbits.
Hydrate or Die-drate: Was Venus Ever Habitable?
Could Venus have ever boasted the expansive oceans we find on Earth today? Find out by reading today’s bite about planetary scientists that modeled Venus’s atmosphere!
UR: Using Gaussian Processes to Study Exoplanet Transits and Stellar Variability Simultaneously
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Larissa Palethorpe finds a way to get more information out of transit light curves.
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
This year’s physics Nobel made a statement about one of the world’s most pressing issues: climate change. In this Bite, we’ll go into the prize-winning science behind this Nobel from Manabe and Hasselmann.