AAS Nova and Astrobites as Bridges Between Astronomy Communities

Abstract

Education and outreach in astronomy often focuses on communicating broad astronomical concepts. But how can educators and outreach practitioners also share current astronomical research results with students and the public, conveying both the process of science and the excitement of new discoveries? AAS Nova and Astrobites are two resources freely available to the astronomy community and the general public, intended to help readers learn about the most recent research published across the field of astronomy. Both supported by the American Astronomical Society, these two daily astrophysical literature blogs provide accessible summaries of recent publications in AAS journals and on the arXiv. As both AAS Nova and Astrobites directly distill original studies, these resources constitute a critical bridge between astronomy researchers and educators, outreach practitioners, and the broader astronomy community. The material on these two websites — which includes a total archive of more than 2,500 research study summaries — is written accessibly while still providing access to the original sources and outcomes. As a result, AAS Nova and Astrobites can be used by educators and outreach practitioners to easily introduce the latest in astronomical research studies into classrooms and outreach events.

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“…Note that the two WASP-69b data points agree when the transit depth is averaged over the same phase of the transit. Data for other known He 10830 A ̊detections taken from multiple references (i.e., Kohler 2018;Nortmann et al 2018;Salz et al 2018;Alonso-Floriano et al 2019;Gaidos et al 2020;Ninan et al 2020;Kasper et al 2020;Vissapragada et al 2020;dos Santos et al 2020;Casasayas-Barris et al 2021;Paragas et al 2021;Spake et al 2021;Vissapragada et al 2021;Kirk et al 2022;Orell-Miquel et al 2022;Czesla et al 2022;Zhang et al 2022;Zhang et al 2023).…”

“…Kohler (2018); Nortmann et al (2018); Salz et al (2018); Alonso-Floriano et al (2019); Gaidos et al (2020); Ninan et al (2020); Kasper et al (2020); Vissapragada et al (2020); dos Santos et al (2020); Casasayas-Barris et al (2021); Paragas et al (2021); Spake et al (2021); Vissapragada et al (2021); Kirk et al (2022); Orell-Miquel et al (2022); Czesla et al (2022); Zhang et al (2022); Zhang et al (2023).…”