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Congrats to the incredible team led by Rachel Fernandes! @gbergsten.bsky.social, @gijsmulders.bsky.social, @pascucci.bsky.social, @aussiastronomer.bsky.social, @kierstenboley.bsky.social, @ericmamajek.bsky.social, @sabinastro.bsky.social, @sakhee-space.bsky.social, @astrokarpoor.bsky.social 8/8

Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes | Penn State University Using a newly developed tool to sift through data from the NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a team led by a Penn State astronomer has identified young sub-Neptune planets close to their s...

Our new exoplanet occurrence rate study, led by Penn State President's Postdoctoral Fellow Rachel Fernandes, gives us new insight into the evolution of young planets!

Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

Press Release: www.psu.edu/news/eberly-...

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Yay! Congratulations!! 🎊

OMG I had no clue! Thank you so much 🫶

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This is the purest samaritan of an assassin I’ll ever meet and I’m sooo proud of you and all you do😭💛