Just had a fever dream where I was arguing with a collaborator that I was not going to put in optical constants to account for squirrels into the atmospheric model, so it's probably time to take more Tylenol

Sputnik? More like SPLATnik 😂 Our modelling shows that a large, slow, grazing impact could produce Pluto's heart in a new and unusual way!

Gorgeous moon sliver setting in the West with Jupiter nearby

Between Monday and this evening, brb gonna start a moon worshipping cult

sitting here thinking about how wonderful our little rock is, to align with our moon and sun just so. and that the little creatures on our rock spend hours and days to chase the splendor of witnessing that alignment.

(so, Spain or Iceland in 2026?)

god i genuinely love to see people cheering at the moon. This shouldn’t just be done at eclipses either, we should all be regularly screaming at the sky

let’s all go stand around together at 2pm tomorrow, too. that was fun

Today's #Eclipse from start-to-finish, as seen from 36,000km (22,000miles) away in geostationary orbit.

The NOAA Satellites weather sats are usually focused on monitoring severe storms and other hazards - but today they cam ein handy for some eclipse watching! 🛰️

Wonderful view from Irving! Saw a great diamond ring and some Bailey's beads!

Clouds have cleared in Dallas! Let's keep it this way for the next three hours

Please help advertise this open position at NASA:
JWST Deputy Project Scientist for Data, Calibration, Pipeline, and Archive
usajobs.gov/job/783357700
Deadline Monday April 8

My first first-author paper is now online! arxiv.org/abs/2404.01423 We use a retrieval model to compare the capability of future space-based transmission and direct imaging telescopes to assess habitability and life on optimal exoplanet cases.

HIGHLY encourage everyone to take this survey. it takes 5-10 minutes to complete and i felt the designers did a really good job capturing the ways that coming from poverty can impact your education and decisions to stay in/leave astronomy. CSMA NEEDS this data!

Take the AAS CSMA Astro Poverty Survey

This survey on poverty in #astronomy will look at initial statistics & information regarding a potential new underrepresented population in the US astronomy community based on socioeconomic status. aas.org/posts/news/202…

Happy to share that I'll be heading to NASA Goddard as a Sagan Fellow at the end of the summer!

The first papers from our JWST C1 program, Compositions of Mini-Planet Atmospheres for Statistical Study (COMPASS), are out today! Led by Lili Alderson & Nicole Wallack, supported by an amazing team, if I do say so myself. :) arxiv.org/abs/2404.00093
arxiv.org/abs/2404.01264

Planetary science in action (<3)

The biggest volcanoes in the Solar System.

In 4K.

Click to embiggen.

We went from 'Never Again' to scrolling past genocide.

If you couldn't attend Extreme Solar Systems V #ExSSV , check out this excellent thread from Adam Langeveld summarising the major exoplanet results from NASA Webb Telescope:

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⚠️ATTENTION EARLY-CAREER EXOPLANET SCIENTISTS⚠️ Registration for ERES IX is now open at eres-planets.github.io ! Come join us at Cornell this July!