Ken Shen
@kenshen.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at UC Berkeley. I try to make stars blow up.
1/ New paper thread (well, new last week)! We find that most white dwarfs are born ready to explode. They just need something to hit them hard enough, which should happen when they merge with other white dwarfs. Read on for details!
arxiv.org/abs/2405.19417
arxiv.org/abs/2405.19417
Almost All Carbon/Oxygen White Dwarfs Can Support Double Detonations
Double detonations of sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs (WDs) in unstably mass-transferring double WD binaries have become a leading contender to explain most, if not all, Type Ia supernovae....
arxiv.org
June 6, 2024 at 6:05 PM
1/ New paper thread (well, new last week)! We find that most white dwarfs are born ready to explode. They just need something to hit them hard enough, which should happen when they merge with other white dwarfs. Read on for details!
arxiv.org/abs/2405.19417
arxiv.org/abs/2405.19417
Rats can be pretty cute: www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/s...
Our Rodent Selfies, Ourselves
A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Rats can be pretty cute: www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/s...
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So excited that our SIRIUS B book is now up on arXiv!
arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/
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arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/
🧪🔭👩🔬
December 8, 2023 at 1:52 AM
So excited that our SIRIUS B book is now up on arXiv!
arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/
🧪🔭👩🔬
arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/
🧪🔭👩🔬
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If you are enjoying the new Euclid image of the Horsehead Nebula, you might be interested learn about the person who first discovered this beautiful nebula: Williamina Fleming.
November 10, 2023 at 2:54 AM
If you are enjoying the new Euclid image of the Horsehead Nebula, you might be interested learn about the person who first discovered this beautiful nebula: Williamina Fleming.
Reposted by Ken Shen
On the astro postdoc market this year? @UChicagoAstro has several fellowships, listed here: astrophysics.uchicago.edu/research/pri...
If you're interested in near-field cosmology here, please do reach out to me by e-mail!
(Link fixed now, thanks to watchful eyes 😅)
If you're interested in near-field cosmology here, please do reach out to me by e-mail!
(Link fixed now, thanks to watchful eyes 😅)
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astrophysics | Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | The University...
The Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics is a world leader in astrophysical research and offers rigorous academic programs at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
astrophysics.uchicago.edu
September 21, 2023 at 2:19 PM
On the astro postdoc market this year? @UChicagoAstro has several fellowships, listed here: astrophysics.uchicago.edu/research/pri...
If you're interested in near-field cosmology here, please do reach out to me by e-mail!
(Link fixed now, thanks to watchful eyes 😅)
If you're interested in near-field cosmology here, please do reach out to me by e-mail!
(Link fixed now, thanks to watchful eyes 😅)
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Transients Down Under abstract submission is closing soon! transientsdownunder.github.io #transient #astrophysics @Swinburne
September 14, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Transients Down Under abstract submission is closing soon! transientsdownunder.github.io #transient #astrophysics @Swinburne
1/ Paper thread! I had a fun time exploring white dwarf physics with Simon Blouin and Katie Breivik. Read on to find out more!
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04559
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04559
August 10, 2023 at 4:57 PM
1/ Paper thread! I had a fun time exploring white dwarf physics with Simon Blouin and Katie Breivik. Read on to find out more!
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04559
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04559
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I WROTE THISSS https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/some-of-earths-most-famous-art-started-with-stardust/
July 5, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Ken Shen
BIG SCIENCE NEWS! 🧪
Global astronomers announce strongest evidence yet of stochastic gravitational wave background!
I'm one of the co-authors on these papers 😭😭😭
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australian-scientists-help-uncover-cosmic-gravitational-rumblings
📸 @astronerdika.bsky.social
Global astronomers announce strongest evidence yet of stochastic gravitational wave background!
I'm one of the co-authors on these papers 😭😭😭
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australian-scientists-help-uncover-cosmic-gravitational-rumblings
📸 @astronerdika.bsky.social
June 29, 2023 at 12:27 AM
BIG SCIENCE NEWS! 🧪
Global astronomers announce strongest evidence yet of stochastic gravitational wave background!
I'm one of the co-authors on these papers 😭😭😭
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australian-scientists-help-uncover-cosmic-gravitational-rumblings
📸 @astronerdika.bsky.social
Global astronomers announce strongest evidence yet of stochastic gravitational wave background!
I'm one of the co-authors on these papers 😭😭😭
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australian-scientists-help-uncover-cosmic-gravitational-rumblings
📸 @astronerdika.bsky.social
0/ Do people use this site for science communication? Does it even matter if I have single-digit followers? Let's find out!
June 8, 2023 at 3:24 PM
0/ Do people use this site for science communication? Does it even matter if I have single-digit followers? Let's find out!
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y’all hear about this paper yet? It’s the first identification of the *abundance signature* of pair instability supernovae i.e explosions of stars HUNDREDS of times as massive as the sun, which were among the first stars to form in the universe https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06028-1s
June 8, 2023 at 2:12 AM
y’all hear about this paper yet? It’s the first identification of the *abundance signature* of pair instability supernovae i.e explosions of stars HUNDREDS of times as massive as the sun, which were among the first stars to form in the universe https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06028-1s