General Relativity, Solar Weather, and Spiral Arms
Take a look at three different papers written by graduate students on distant galaxies, waves on the Sun, and mapping the Milky Way.
AAS 217th Meeting
My first AAS is at a close. On Tuesday, I attended still more talks on exoplanets, some of which I will discuss below, while on Wednesday I manned my poster.
Stellar variability and exoplanet detection
Understanding the uncertainties involved in the techniques used to detect exoplanets is an important aspect of the search for life beyond the Earth. What role could phenomenon like sunspots play in planet detection?