Coverage in The Guardian for Harrison's Nature Astronomy paper on L 98-59d. This paper involved a number of other current and former members of the Oxford PCD group.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
seven panel figure showing different JWST transits of TOI-3884 b with a persistent spot-crossing event. TOI-3884 b orbits the pole of a small M dwarf star. the shape of the spot-crossing event changes slightly between each transit. each subpanel has a graphical representation of what the spot looks like during each transit.
really exciting work lead by Catriona Murray! TOI-3884 b is a planet on a polar orbit around an M dwarf. The transit has a persistent starspot crossing event. Using JWST, we measured the properties of the starspot and the Prot of the star 👀 arxiv.org/abs/2603.15414
🔭 #astronomy 🌟 #stellarastro
Yuk was new faculty when I was an undergraduate studying planetary. It always felt like he was unchanging and ageless. He made so many contributions while remaining positive and joyful. Truly will be missed.
I feel like releasing JWST #cycle5 results on Friday is like firing employees on Fridays
I am hiring a postdoc in exoplanet atmospheres! (ASIAA, 4yrs, funded through 2030)
Job ad here. Feel free to reach out if there are any questions!
aas.org/jobregister/...
PS. There’s also another postdoc position in cosmology with an awesome colleague
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about ASIAA or life in Taipei!
The institute has a vibrant research environment, with 20+ postdocs from diverse international backgrounds. ASIAA is also part of the ELT/METIS instrument design and science team and is involved in the MagNIFIES project for Magellan/GMT.
Excited to share some great postdoctoral opportunities available at ASIAA, Taiwan.
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.
Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Or you have to publish your previous data before being allowed to submit again
Double rainbow in Bristol
So excited to host my first visitor, Prof. Xinting Yu @joneskuma.bsky.social, who gave a wonderful colloquium taking us from organic particles on Titan to protoplatary disks. Can interstellar organics promote grain growth in a disk? So much to explore in the lab!
I wrote a research note about the recent publication of the MIRI/LRS spectrum of K2-18b. The authors had claimed the detection of potential signs of life. I find the data to be consistent with a flat line 🔭🧪
For our #JWSTCycle4 proposal on atmospheric characterization (unrelated to habitability nor astrobiology), the 1st weakness is "not clear enough what implications would it have for other classes of space creatures" - by reviewer 1 not reviewer 2
Artist concept of the hot Jupiter WASP-17b. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
JWST Program GO 8309 Principal Investigator: Elijah Mullens PI Institution: Cornell University Title: It’s (poly)Morphin’ Time! Solving the quartz quandary of WASP-17b External Allocation: 37.8 hours
Bizarre mineral clouds on a hot giant planet.
In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.
WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!