From Ryan Golant: Today we interview x-ray astronomer and professor at the University of Maryland, Dr. Richard Mushotzky, for his plenary talk at #AAS241! astrobites.org/2023/01/09/mee…

Missed some sessions yesterday? Couldn't see every talk you wanted? Check out astrobites daily coverage of #AAS241 — Day 1 (Monday)! astrobites.org/2023/01/10/ast…

We're six minutes away from the start of the Henry Norris Russell Lecture by Prof. Richard Mushotzky, in Ballroom 6E/hybrid! Before the meeting, Ryan Golant talked with Prof. Mushotzky about his career, work, and advice for grad students. See you in a few! astrobites.org/2023/01/09/mee…

Come through to #AstroOnTap tonight at 7pm to hear from my detective alter-ego, Benoit Planck 🕵🏻‍♂️ #AAS241

IT’S (almost) TIME. Our speakers are ready to wow you tonight! #AstronomyOnTap #AstroOnTap

special 3rd speaker for AAS week Ryan Golant is solving the mystery of magnetic fields #AstroOnTap

Join us in Pupin Hall at 6pm on Friday, February 17 for our first public astronomy night of the semester! We'll kick off the event with some astronomy trivia, followed by a talk by Dr. Amanda Quirk and public stargazing on College Walk. See the attached flyers for more info 🔭🌟

Get ready for more public astronomy next week! 6pm on Friday, March 3, in Pupin Hall: Prof. Mordecai-Mark Mac Low will be telling us about "The Cosmic History of Stellar Birth" -- see the attached flyers for more info! (and RSVP at tinyurl.com/columbia-astro…)⭐️🌟✨🌌

Thanks to our members for attending our first town hall of the year! We started with an ice breaker of "if you were a photon on the electromagnetic spectrum, where would you be?" and Astrobiter, @MarkPopinchalk plotted it here!

Today marks 5 years since I was diagnosed with cancer (and 2.721 years since the end of chemo). It all feels so surreal… were there really multiple months of my life where I looked like an egg?

We're back from Spring Break, which means we're back with more public astronomy!! Come by Pupin Hall on Friday, March 31, to hear Prof. David Helfand describe the remarkable vision of JWST -- see the attached flyers for more info (and RSVP at tinyurl.com/columbia-astro…) 🔭🛰️🌟

We're 6 months out from Halloween, but that doesn't mean we can't get a little spooky! Stop by Pupin Hall at 6:30pm on Friday, April 14 to hear PhD candidate Shifra Mandel talk about "The Zombies in the Sky: What happens when stars die?" (RSVP at tinyurl.com/columbia-astro…) 🧟🌟🌌

Our semester is almost over! Don't miss our last event of the 2022-2023 academic year: come by Pupin Hall at 7pm on Friday, April 28 to hear PhD student Ben Cassese talk about "The Edge of the Backyard: Mapping the Boundaries of the Solar System" (RSVP at tinyurl.com/columbia-astro…)

And with a day of MHD, it's a wrap on the Flatiron CCA Fluids summer school! Most of the course materials are collected here (we'll add links to the recordings later): users.flatironinstitute.org/~parmitage/Flu… Thanks to the students, lecturers, and awesome CCA staff for a stimulating school.

paper day! 🥳 we tried astrobites lesson plans with a bunch of students to see how it affected them (hint: it was good!) students felt better about reading research literature afterwards, plus lots of other positive effects as described in our paper: arxiv.org/abs/2309.05822

We're back with our public lecture series! Join us on Nov 17 at 6pm in Pupin 301 to hear from Columbia Astronomer Jennifer Mead, who will be giving a public talk titled "Tales from the Stellar Graveyard: The Ghosts of Stars Past" (RSVP here linktr.ee/columbiaastro)

We're kicking off the holiday season with more astronomy! Join us Friday (Dec 1) at 6 PM in Pupin 301 to hear from Dr. Nick Luber, who will be giving a public talk titled "A Tale of Galactic Transformation: The Habitat of Jellyfish Galaxies." (RSVP here linktr.ee/columbiaastro)