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The past month of #SaganNews (May 2021)

The @CSInst follows the footsteps of #CarlSagan bringing you the latest research in #astronomy, #exoplanets, #scicomm & more!

Our interdisciplinary team shares interesting scientific discoveries with you regularly. 1/22

"Sufficiently dense Kuramoto networks are globally synchronizing"

Kassabov, M., Strogatz, S.H. (@stevenstrogatz), Townsend, A.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.11406
#SaganNews 2/22

"Differentiating Modern and Prebiotic Earth Scenarios for TRAPPIST-1e: High-resolution Transmission Spectra and Predictions for JWST"

Lin, Z., MacDonald, R.J. (@MartianColonist), Kaltenegger, L. (@KalteneggerLisa), Wilson, D.J., MNRAS

arxiv.org/abs/2105.09319
#SaganNews 3/22

"Data from: Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology"

Davies, T.J.,…Ault, T.R., et al., UBC Research Data Open Collections, 5/19/21

open.library.ubc.ca/collections/re… #SaganNews 4/22

"Persistent plasma waves in interstellar space detected by Voyager 1"

Ocker, S.K. (@space_ocker), Cordes, J.M., Chatterjee, S., et al., Nature Astronomy
@NASAVoyager
rdcu.be/ckjUb
#SaganNews 5/22

"Mysterious radio burst from space is unusually close—and especially baffling"

“FRBs might be—might be—just this generic phenomenon associated with a whole range of possible sources.” Shami Chatterjee

nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…
#SaganNews 6/22

"Applied math/astronomy student receives Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship"

Ph.D. student Ekaterina Landgren has received a 2021 Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship.
as.cornell.edu/news/applied-m…
#WomenInSTEM #SaganNews 7/22

Student Spotlight: Stella Ocker (@space_ocker)

"Our detection suggests that Voyager, and possibly even a future interstellar mission, can almost continuously measure the density of interstellar space." Stella Ocker

as.cornell.edu/news/student-s…
#WomenInSTEM #SaganNews 8/22

"Quantifying Eruptive and Background Seismicity, Deformation, Degassing, and Thermal Emissions at Volcanoes in the United States During 1978–2020"

Reath, K., Pritchard, M.E., et al., JGR Solid Earth

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102…
#SaganNews 9/22

The Hunt for Planet B, directed by Nathaniel Kahn, tells the story of the scientists searching for signs of extraterrestrial life & is organized around the building of the NASA's JWST

Rugheimer, S. (@SarahRugheimer), Science
science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…
#SaganNews 10/22

"The Polarized Image of a Synchrotron-emitting Ring of Gas Orbiting a Black Hole"

Narayan, R.,…Chatterjee, S., Cordes, J., et al.

arxiv.org/abs/2105.01804
#SaganNews 11/22

"Minimal Differential Lateral Acceleration Configurations for Starshade Stationkeeping in Exoplanet Direct Imaging"

Kulik, J., Savransky, D., Soto, G.J.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05898
#SaganNews 12/22

"An Open-Source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (BART) Code: I. Design, Tests, and Application to Exoplanet HD 189733 b"

Harrington, J.,…Loredo, T.J., et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12522
#SaganNews 13/22

"An Open-source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (BART) Code: II. The TRANSIT Radiative-Transfer Module and Retrieval of HAT-P-11b"

Cubillos, P.E.,…Loredo, T.J.
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12524
#SaganNews 14/22

"An Open-Source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (Bart) Code:Iii. Initialization, Atmospheric Profile Generator, Post-Processing Routinesand Application To Exoplanet WASP-43b"

Blecic, J.,…Loredo, T.J., et al
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12525
#SaganNews 15/22

"Astrophysics Milestones for Pulsar Timing Array Gravitational-wave Detection"

Pol, N.S.,…Chatterjee, S., Cordes, J., et al., ApJ Lett
arxiv.org/abs/2010.11950
#SaganNews 16/22

In the emptiness of space, Voyager 1 detects plasma ‘hum’

“We’re detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas.” Stella Koch Ocker (@space_ocker, Cornell doctoral student in astronomy)

as.cornell.edu/news/emptiness…
#SaganNews 17/22

"Probing the Spins of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational Waves from Surrounding Compact Binaries"

Liu, B. and Lai, D.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.02230
#SaganNews 18/22

"Global trends in the frequency and duration of temperature extremes"

La Sorte, F.A., Johnston, A., Ault, T.R., Climatic Change

link.springer.com/article/10.100…
#SaganNews 19/22

"Chromospheric Activity in 55 Cancri: II. Theoretical Wave Studies versus Observations"

Cuntz, M., Schroder, K-P., Fawzy, D.E, Ridden-Harper, A.R. (@AstroAndrew123), MNRAS, Advance Access

arxiv.org/abs/2104.14684
#SaganNews 20/22

"ACCESS & LRG-BEASTS: a precise new optical transmission spectrum of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-103b"

Kirk, J., Rackham, B., MacDonald, R. (@MartianColonist), …Lewis, N.K. (@NikoleKLewis), et al.

arxiv.org/abs/2105.00012
#SaganNews 21/22

"Constraining Galaxy Halos from the Dispersion and Scattering of Fast Radio Bursts and Pulsars"

Ocker, S. (@space_ocker), Cordes, J., Chatterjee, S., ApJ
arxiv.org/abs/2101.04784
#SaganNews 22/22