Cornell University Chronicle: ‘Thermometer’ Molecule Confirmed on Exoplanet Wasp-31B news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/0…

Even though this might mean Philip Hopkins gets the prestigious Astro Plot of the Week plot of the week award twice in a row, I have to nominate this accretion disc visualisation — fig. 4 from arxiv.org/abs/2307.01281

My cat submitted my HST proposal for me this year. I’m not kidding. He stepped on the Enter key right as I was getting ready to click it. Hopefully he’s my good luck charm.

I recently had the pleasure to lead the analysis of a new survey for young brown dwarfs and free-floating planets with JWST. Our observations included this spectacular image of the young star-forming cluster NGC1333, highlighted by European Space Agency/ESA Webb Telescope. What are the key results?🧵👇

📔New paper: "A Time-Resolved High-Resolution Spectroscopic Analysis of Ionized Calcium and Dynamical Processes in the Ultra-Hot Jupiter HAT-P-70b" arxiv.org/abs/2503.03814 👻First transit spectroscopy results from GHOST (a new high-res. spectrograph at Gemini South). ⬇️Summary

We've never seen this part of the Sun before! ☀️ 👀 The European Space Agency /NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has revealed the first-ever images of the Sun’s polar regions, previously hidden parts of the Sun newly visible thanks to the spacecraft’s uniquely “tilted” orbit. The new images

A new view of two old friends 🤩 Feast your eyes on U.S. National Science Foundation–DOE Office of Science Rubin's view of the Trifid & Lagoon Nebulae! This image shows what makes Rubin unique: its combination of wide field of view & speed that allows it to take lots of big images quickly. rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-fir…