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JWST’s First Directly Imaged Exoplanet
Title: JWST Early Release Science: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2−16 µmAuthors: A. L. Carter, S. Hinkley, J. Kammerer, et al.First author’s institution: University of...
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Astrobites Guide to Polarimetry
By Briley Lewis A diagram of unpolarized light, showing a lack of a uniformly oriented electric field, which is then polarized (e.g. one electric field orientation is chosen) by a polarizing filter....
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Book Review: The First Astronomers
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the United States, which itself is a country comprised of ancestral and unceded territories of countless Indigenous nations. In this Bite, we...
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Many Astronomers Love Sci-Fi, and There’s Evidence to Prove It!
Title: Evidencing the interaction between science fiction enthusiasm and career aspirations in the UK astronomy communityAuthors: Elizabeth R. StanwayFirst author’s institution: University of...
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Guide to Adaptive Optics
By Briley LewisModern astronomers are often trying to push the limits of what they observe — looking for smaller details, better resolution to observe places like the galactic center and far away...
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 241st AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here, and read...
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Touch the Universe, Hear the Universe!
This bite is based on author Briley Lewis’s personal experience planning a planetarium show that is accessible to blind and low vision audiences, using tactile prints and data sonification.How often do...
View ArticleWhat’s a preprint, and how do I use it?
If you’re getting into research, you may have heard the words “preprint” or “arXiv” (pronounced like “archive”) thrown around. In today’s bite, we’ll guide you through what these things are, and how...
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Book Review: The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green
Caption: The cover of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green. Image from Justine Sha / Hanover Square Press. Caption: Author Jaime Green....
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Book Review: The Sun: Beginner’s Guide to Our Local Star
Author Dr. Ryan French holding a copy of The Sun: Beginner’s Guide to Our Local Star by. Image from Ryan French via Twitter/X. Just like the book, we’ll start with a very important reminder: as...
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