What is Three Alpha?

3a is a weekly newsletter about recent astronomy news and research. Each week I’ll pick just one story to tell you about. This isn’t intended to be a fully comprehensive roundup of every astronomy story. Just one interesting story each week, for free.

Occasionally I’ll also write longer, in-depth articles. These will go out on an ad-hoc basis (once every month or two) to paid subscribers.

Who am I?

A redwood tree which has a hole in the side up to about chest high, the trunk hollowed out. I'm standing inside the trunk, ducking down to look out at the camera. — Me exploring the redwoods of California

Hey there! My name is Adam. I’m an astronomer, and before that I made web sites for a living. I’m still finishing my PhD, in which I’ve been searching for black holes and variable stars with online citizen science projects.

I believe in a few things:

Science is a pretty great way to understand the Universe.
There is something interesting to learn about everything, if you try hard enough.
No-one really knows anything and that’s OK.
You can always fit one more thing in the dishwasher.

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Adam McMaster

@adammcmaster

Astronomer.