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From Katya Gozman: Hot off the press! Read all about a newly discovered ultra-short period, massive Super-Earth that lives in middle of the radius valley. astrobites.org/2022/11/03/siz…

From dr briley lewis: Astronomers love sci-fi, and there's data to prove it now thanks to @Tiylaya! astrobites.org/2022/11/19/man…

I’m sorry, I simply cannot be cynical about a technology that can accomplish this.

From Yoni Brande: Transmission spectroscopy shows / no gases or features, although / whether sunspots or hazes / or both (how in blazes?) / this atmosphere's spectrum is sloped! astrobites.org/2022/12/02/a-s…

From Katya Gozman: Some stars are speedier than their siblings: read on to learn about the different populations of runaway stars in the Tarantula Nebula! astrobites.org/2022/12/15/run…

From Katya Gozman: The author's of today's paper have gotten a glimpse at the building blocks of a massive galaxy! astrobites.org/2022/12/30/mas…

From Aldo Panfichi S.: In today's paper, the authors take another look at the HD 45354 planetary system, and come to new conclusions about the orbit of the two gas giants within! astrobites.org/2023/01/04/dyn…

From Katya Gozman: Today we interview observational astronomer and professor at Occidental College, Dr. Sabrina Stierwalt, for her plenary talk at #AAS241! astrobites.org/2023/01/10/mee…

From dr briley lewis: If you're getting into research, you may have heard of arXiv.org. But what is it, how can *you* use it, and when do you post research articles on it? Today, we dive in with a new guide! astrobites.org/2023/02/28/wha…

From Katya Gozman: Learn how to make your Jupyter Notebooks more accessible with these tips and tricks from the Notebooks for All collaboration! astrobites.org/2023/06/10/not…

From Aldo Panfichi S.: Today’s authors discovered a very long, very odd galactic tail, and discuss what that means for its origin and for the history of the galax(ies) involved! astrobites.org/2023/07/12/gal…

I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia! A thread 🧵👇

So about Avi… I've been working for months with Steve Desch and Sean Raymond on a discussion of his book Extraterrestrial, where he argues 'Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft. We're ready to share it with the world now: medium.com/@astrowright/o…

With Alan Jackson's help, I've written a detailed critique of the "interstellar spherules" preprint by Loeb et al. We hope it's detailed enough for potential referees to have information needed to judge the preprint, but still accessible to non-experts. arxiv.org/abs/2311.07699

I present to you the best paper of the year arxiv.org/abs/2312.04635

The climax to the first arc of #TheStormlightArchive series is coming & the fate of the world—& the Cosmere—will hang in the balance. Add #WindandTruth to your shelf Friday, December 6, 2024 Tor Books Gollancz Pre-order: geni.us/WINDANDTRUTH

Here it is: the first set of riches from Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest! Introducing U.S. National Science Foundation–DOE Office of Science Rubin Observatory's first wide, deep view: the southern region of the Virgo Cluster. Rubin made this image in just 10.5 hours over parts of 7 nights! youtu.be/Gitit3LwQ20