UR #24: Milliseconds Per Century: Evolution of RR Lyraes in M15
This month’s undergraduate research post features two students who explored a long term change in variable star properties, using data spanning over a century.
Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey
Today’s undergraduate research post is seeking to automatically identify variable stars in the upcoming all sky survey, LSST. Read on to find out more!
Using a Random Forest to Classify ASAS-SN Variable Stars
ASAS-SN searches for supernova and finds variable stars too! They found so many (~90,000) that they decided to classify them all. How do you go about classifying 90,000 things? Machine learning, of course!
An Ad-Mira-ble Distance Measurement
What if we used stars other than Cepheids to measure distances?
Leavitt’s Standard Candles
Happy International Women’s Day. This astrobite investigates how astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work changed our understanding of the size of the universe!
The future is bright: a new technique finds variability in K2 data of the Seven Sisters
Today’s authors use a new technique to make new discoveries about the Seven Sisters.
