This is a cross post from the Galaxy Zoo blog – since it’s about the astro literature, it applies directly to exo-planet research. So you want to learn about current astrophysics research? You’re in luck! Not only are there many excellent blogs, pretty much all of the peer reviewed literature is out there accessible for free. In many areas of science, the actual papers are behind paywalls and very expensive to access. Astrophysics, like a few other areas of physics and mathem