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AstroBetter is designed to facilitate communication among the professional astronomical community about the tricks of our trade.
Today, AstroBetter is celebrating its 10th anniversary! During the last ten years, we have had many important discussions on the blog, covering issues of policy, computing, productivity, career path, and more. We’ve had some difficult discussions about the work commitment required of astronomers, diversity, racism, and equity
The 234th American Astronomical Society Conference will take place June 9-13, 2019 in St. Louis, MO. The ComSciCon (Communicating Science Conference) workshop series is partnering with AAS to bring a science communication training workshop for graduate students who are interested in bettering their science communication skills, held on June 9 and June 13. According to the organizers of the workshop: Our goal is to empower future leaders in technical communication to share the results from research in their field to broad and diverse audiences… ComSciCon is a unique professional development program focused on science communication skills, organized both by and for STEM graduate students. Note that although preference is given to graduate students, senior undergraduate students, post-baccalaureate researchers, and postdoctoral researchers are also welcome to apply.
To find that out I used the API offered by the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) to fetch the author list of every paper published in Astrophysics since 1900. Again, if quantity dilutes quality, articles in these prestigious journals should have a smaller median author list and fewer papers with many authors. While we do get a higher proportion of single-author papers in high-impact journals, the overall distribution extends to a longer tail of many authors. The way I have perceived this disgruntlement over the years it all hinges on the number of publications, and the number of authors.
The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) at STScI introduces a new way to explore the archive’s exoplanet data: exo. The user starts with a single search bar that autocompletes to the confirmed exoplanet, Kepler Object of Interest, or TESS threshold crossing event (TCE) as the user types. MAST is the archive for Kepler, K2, and the latest planet hunting mission, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). For TESS and Kepler exoplanets, this tab will also link to the reports used by those missions to review the transit signal before deciding if it’s a candidate or confirmed planet.