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Blog and Wiki for professional astronomers. astrobetter.com Joined April 2009-
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Today on the blog we have part 1 of a series of post from NMSU graduate student Julio Morales on how to cultivate a cohesive scientific workflow astrobetter.com/blog/2023/10/2…
This week we have a cross post from Emily Hunt detailing how to use Bluesky as an academic astrobetter.com/blog/2023/09/1…
The 2023-2024 Rumor Mill is now up and running for this hiring season! astrobetter.com/blog/2023/09/1…
Looking for a new physics-based intro astronomy textbook? We have a new post on the blog talking about Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos by Judith Irwin at Queen's University astrobetter.com/blog/2023/02/2…
Today on the blog, @BenneHolwerda writes about how he wrote the textbook Galaxy Morphology, with insight into how to break down monumental tasks into bite-sized chunks astrobetter.com/blog/2022/09/1…
The 2022-2023 AstroBetter Rumor Mill is ready for the new job season! astrobetter.com/blog/2022/08/2…
We have a guest post on the blog today talking about Typeset (typeset.io), a new tool for scientific publishing astrobetter.com/blog/2022/01/2…
Do you have an advice for students applying to undergraduate astronomy programs? Please help us update our list of astronomy programs and opportunities for undergrads! Comment here or on the blog: astrobetter.com/blog/2011/02/1…
Today's guest post from @AkAstronomy is about how to set expectations for your research group using a research group syllabus. Let's chat about what you think are best practices! astrobetter.com/blog/2021/09/2…
The 2021-2022 Rumor Mill for postdocs and faculty/staff have been turned over and are ready for the approaching job season! astrobetter.com/blog/2021/09/1…
Today we have our first post in a little while, so please come to the blog and read Travis Metcalfe's post on administering grants through your own small research institute astrobetter.com/blog/2021/09/0…
When and how should you create a professional website as an astronomer? Emily Moravec helps to answer those questions and more in today's blog: astrobetter.com/blog/2021/05/0…
End your year with a tutorial on how to unit test your code, brought to you by Daniel Evans. astrobetter.com/blog/2020/12/2…
We're happy to consider posting well-supported opinion pieces on AstroBetter.
We're happy to consider posting well-supported opinion pieces on AstroBetter.
What are your best suggestions for teaching online/hybrid this semester - what tools have you found the most useful? What's your setup? Are you teaching synchronously or not? I'll put together a post if you all supply the content!
The 2020-2021 Rumor Mill is updated and ready for job postings (please remember that this is simply a tool, and your science is awesome, regardless): astrobetter.com/wiki/Rumor+Mill
Astropy is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming community. To support this, we are welcoming proposals for up to $15,000 for any action that helps with inclusion, support, and empowerment of underrepresented groups in the Astropy community. github.com/astropy/projec…
Our guest post today from Yi-Kuan Chiang describes The Tomographer, a new tool for estimating redshift distributions. astrobetter.com/blog/2020/07/2…

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