Brian Koberlein

Astrophysicist and Author

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Rose Tinted Glasses
Dark matter could tint light passing through it, depending on the model.
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From One, Many
By treating optical telescopes as an array of smaller telescopes, astronomers could observe exoplanets more clearly.
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The Rhythm of the Night
Astronomers are listening for cosmic gravitational waves in the rhythm of pulsars.
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Don’t Blink
Alien civilizations may evolve so quickly that they are only detectable for a blink of cosmic time.
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Pristine-ish
Astronomers find a nearly metal-free star in our own back yard, which raises questions about star formation.
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Bad Hair Day
Black have no hair, but the material surrounding them does, and the two can interact in unusual ways.
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The Darkening Limb
We can discover exoplanets when they transit their star, but we can learn even more if we know the star’s dark edge.
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Less Than Super
Observations from Chandra show that Little Red Dots aren’t super-Eddington.