Introduction to Astronomy is a free program for undergraduate college students to learn the basics of exoplanet astronomy research.
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Intro-2-Astro 2025 Registration is now OPEN for summer 2025. If you are looking to break into Astronomy Research. Here is your chance to start. Open-source. No cost. Students can sign up now and mentors can apply: sites.google.com/view/intro-…
Here is the Eligibility page for Introduction to Astronomy Research, taught formally over a 6-week summer session, at UC Berkeley. summer.berkeley.edu/apply
Enroll Now in Intro to Astronomy Research at UC Berkeley. This 6-week class (for credit or not) has open enrollment for advanced high school and college students. This is a formalized version of our Intro2Astro series. classes.berkeley.edu/content…
Fun article about the possibility of finding intelligent life beyond the Earth. Quotes by Yours Truly.
thedebrief.org/could-an-alie…
As the winter holiday approaches, undergraduate research opportunity deadlines are approaching as well. Checkout a great list of opportunities here: pathwaystoscience.org/Underg…
It's time for Undergraduate college students to start thinking about summer internships for 2025. Applications will be do in the next two months. Start here! pathwaystoscience.org/Underg…
Another year of Intro2Astro summer tutorials are complete. If you are interested in breaking into Astronomy research as an undergrad, check out these videos: youtube.com/@intro2astro/vid…
Interested in learning some basic research astronomy skills but don't know where to start? Check out our Intro2Astro Research summer online tutorials at: sites.google.com/view/intro-…
The Introduction to Astronomy Research course for undergraduates will be offered again this year. Click on our link to sign up and learn more. Interested mentors can sign up here as well. sites.google.com/view/intro-…
Undergraduate Technology and Data Science opportunity: equitechfutures.com/program/…
If you want to read stories about humanity's efforts to explore the solar system, check out @carolynporco's new Substack newsletter. Prepare to be inspired: open.substack.com/pub/caroly…
New Paper by Notre Dame graduate student Alex Thomas titled "A Tale of Two Peas-In-A-Pod: The Kepler-323 and Kepler-104 Systems" ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/20…
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For those interested in collaborations between the exoplanet and solar system communities, my co-authors and I have you covered! Take a look at our giant review paper that explains how these science areas overlap: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/20…
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Paper Day!
We present a dedicated transit and radial velocity (RV) survey of 21 evolved planetary systems observed by @NASA_TESS.
Comprising the final chapter of my PhD dissertation, the preprint is available on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2402.07893
The next Chapter in the series of California-Kepler Survey papers is now available. CKS-XI. A Survey of Chromospheric Activity through the Lens of Precise Stellar Properties ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/20…
Applications are invited for paid undergraduate summer research internships with Breakthrough Listen for summer 2024. We seek a scientific answer to one of humanity’s oldest questions: Are we alone in the Universe? seti.berkeley.edu/Internship…
Here is a great, technical, video about the James Webb Space Telescope's capabilities. youtube.com/watch?v=MzWfUK0y…
Intro-to-Astronomy is a free class aimed at college undergraduates and advanced high school students that presents analysis of astronomical data in an approachable format. More info available here: sites.google.com/view/intro-…
Good News Everyone! Intro2Astro will start again on June 12th 2023. Fill out this form to stay informed. Students: bit.ly/42Jkgdk Mentors: bit.ly/3ObErfG
This new paper lead by UCLA undergraduate Reilly Derrick identifies nearby stars that will incidentally receive Deep Space Network radio transmissions that were sent to communicate with NASA deep space probes. Congrats Reilly! iopscience.iop.org/article/1…