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One Last Hurrah: End-of-life Mass Loss in the Large Magellanic Cloud Red Supergiants
The red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud aren’t going to die quietly. Read today’s bite to learn about the grumpy nature of these elderly stellar giants.
Vulcan II: The Wrath of Stellar Activity
Of all the planets I have encountered in my travels, this one was… lousy stellar activity!
A Stellar Whodunit: Search for a Near-Earth Supernova
Who’s behind this cosmic mystery of stellar proportions? Read on to uncover the truth.
Catching a gamma-ray flare with the Event Horizon Telescope & friends
We have a new EHT image of a supermassive black hole, but that’s not all! Today’s paper gives us a multiwavelength view of M87 during a gamma-ray flare.
Galactic Renaissance: A Surge in Star Formation During the Evolution of Galactic Collisions
Galaxy mergers represent a transformative evolutionary path, inducing notable morphological and compositional changes in the involved galaxies. The alterations in the intrinsic characteristics during these collisions serve as a crucial probe, providing insights into the real-time occurrence of such processes.
How do Merger Environments Affect Gravitational Waves?
Is it possible to detect the environments around compact binary mergers observed with LIGO-Virgo? The authors of today’s paper explore!
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Astronomy beyond the research
Demystifying the Faculty Hiring Process
So how exactly does one get a faculty job? We discuss the actual process of the the faculty job hunt and all that it entails.
UR: Titans Dancing in the Night Sky: The Search for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
In this #UndergraduateResearch post, Sebastian Banaszak tells us about his search for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries using simulated optical light curves.
Earth Week x Astrobites 2024: Embracing diversity in astronomy with the Open Cultural Astronomy Forum
Astronomy and academia are not always kind to those of marginalized cultures, but Dr. Mehrnoosh Tahani is working to change that!
Navigating careers in astronomy
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Demystifying the Faculty Hiring Process
So how exactly does one get a faculty job? We discuss the actual process of the the faculty job hunt and all that it entails.
The Rainbow Village at AAS: An Astrobites Recap
The Rainbow Village at AAS provided a gathering place for people of color in astronomy at the recent AAS meeting in New Orleans. Today’s post looks back at how things went, and where the concept will go in the future!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Karen Meech
Today we interview planetary astronomer Dr. Karen Meech from the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi, for her Dannie Heineman Prize Lecture at #AAS243!