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New paper day for UIUC alum and current Yale grad student Bhavya Pardasani! arxiv.org/abs/2404.02089 Here, she investigates the stellar angular momentum of recently-quenched post-starburst galaxies, finding they need more time/ dry mergers to evolve to early types -- not slow rotators right away!

I'm hiring a postdoc! If you are or know anyone interested in working on black hole transients and variability, please apply or pass along the word! jobregister.aas.org/ad/cbafba08

I'm hiring a postdoc! If you are or know anyone interested in working on black hole transients and variability, please apply or pass along the word! jobregister.aas.org/ad/cbafba08

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium The inventor of this space-age orrery had a soft spot for Halley’s Comet

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium (orrery). Clair Omar Musser's invention showed the asteroid belt and "would also improve upon traditional orreries by adding the paths of well-known comets." spectrum.ieee.org/desktop-plan...

Kudos to Rachel Bowens-Rubin (who I don't know) for the best paper title of the week ( arxiv.org/abs/2309.03402 ) : "A Wolf 359 in sheep's clothing".
(ST:TNG fans will appreciate)

Are you on the astro faculty job market or do you know someone who is? Apply to work with us at UIUC! Check out the ad here: jobregister.aas.org/ad/ebd1724b We have a ton of awesome science happening, a friendly and healthy department climate, and CU has a good balance of affordability+ things to do