The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNC Chapel Hill seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in astrophysics whose research applies artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to large-scal...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNC Chapel Hill seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in astrophysics whose research applies artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to large-scal...

Empirical gyrochronology relies on co-eval stellar associations to map stellar rotation as a function of mass and age. The accuracy of its age predictions is therefore limited by the number and qualit...

Empirical gyrochronology relies on co-eval stellar associations to map stellar rotation as a function of mass and age. The accuracy of its age predictions is therefore limited by the number and qualit...

The Exhibit Hidden Lives of Stars invites visitors into the full arc of a star’s life, from swirling nebulae to the planetary systems they shape. At UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the ...

A biology journal that paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews.

A recent study has leveraged TESS's full-sky coverage to build a catalog of stellar rotation periods for over a million stars.

The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship position at the University of California, Santa Cruz, funded by the Moore Foundation. The searc...

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This year’s Hettleman Prize awardees are: Sarah Cohen, School of Medicine; Lindsey James, Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Marissa Hall, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Alex Zhukhovitskiy, Colleg...

This Zenodo contains the large data files for the TESS All-Sky Rotation Survey (TARS; Boyle, Bouma, and Mann 2026). The TARS paper was accepted on April 27, 2026. Version 2 of the TARS catalog contain...

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

Stellar rotation is a fundamental tracer of stellar magnetic evolution, age, and activity, with broad implications for Galactic archaeology and exoplanet characterization. The Transiting Exoplanet Sur...