Bibiana Prinoth
@bibianaprinoth.ch
🇨🇭
• ESO fellow @eso.org exploring exoplanet atmospheres 🪐 🔭 🇩🇪
• PhD from Lund Observatory 🇸🇪 & ESO 🇨🇱
• passionate about all things outreach and science communication ✨
• ESO fellow @eso.org exploring exoplanet atmospheres 🪐 🔭 🇩🇪
• PhD from Lund Observatory 🇸🇪 & ESO 🇨🇱
• passionate about all things outreach and science communication ✨
When @eso.org announces your dream job but your still too much of a science baby 😭
In case you consider applying, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about ESO 💙🫶
#astronomy
In case you consider applying, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about ESO 💙🫶
#astronomy
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
When @eso.org announces your dream job but your still too much of a science baby 😭
In case you consider applying, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about ESO 💙🫶
#astronomy
In case you consider applying, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about ESO 💙🫶
#astronomy
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Congratulations to Dr Tobias Meier (@tgmeier.bsky.social) on his #ExoclimesVII poster presentation about the lava world K2-141b!
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations to Dr Tobias Meier (@tgmeier.bsky.social) on his #ExoclimesVII poster presentation about the lava world K2-141b!
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Congratulations to Dr Jake Taylor (@astrojake.bsky.social) on his poster at #ExoclimesVII concerning the JWST NIRISS/SOSS transmission spectrum of the super-Earth GJ 357b. The paper is published and can be read here: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Congratulations to Dr Jake Taylor (@astrojake.bsky.social) on his poster at #ExoclimesVII concerning the JWST NIRISS/SOSS transmission spectrum of the super-Earth GJ 357b. The paper is published and can be read here: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
In case you’re interested in the paper(s) about WASP-121 b using the 4UT mode of ESPRESSO — or as I like to call it: ESPRESSO’s superpower — check out:
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Natu...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Natu...
July 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In case you’re interested in the paper(s) about WASP-121 b using the 4UT mode of ESPRESSO — or as I like to call it: ESPRESSO’s superpower — check out:
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Natu...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Natu...
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Nature study: when do girls fall behind in #maths? During their 1st year at primary school.
4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇Excellent 🧵
4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇Excellent 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Nature study: when do girls fall behind in #maths? During their 1st year at primary school.
4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇Excellent 🧵
4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇Excellent 🧵
I don't post super often here, but I just came by to share this news article with you (published alongside the paper in Nature yesterday).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything:
1/x
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything:
1/x
When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment
Analysis of almost three million children captures when ‘mathematical gender gap’ first emerges and could help focus efforts to stop girls from falling behind.
www.nature.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I don't post super often here, but I just came by to share this news article with you (published alongside the paper in Nature yesterday).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything:
1/x
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything:
1/x
Last Friday, I defended my PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics 🪐
Still processing… but you can call me Dr. Bibi now. 💅
I am eternally grateful to my supervisors, mentors, and everyone who supported me on this journey. 💜 #astronomy #exoplanets
Still processing… but you can call me Dr. Bibi now. 💅
I am eternally grateful to my supervisors, mentors, and everyone who supported me on this journey. 💜 #astronomy #exoplanets
May 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Last Friday, I defended my PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics 🪐
Still processing… but you can call me Dr. Bibi now. 💅
I am eternally grateful to my supervisors, mentors, and everyone who supported me on this journey. 💜 #astronomy #exoplanets
Still processing… but you can call me Dr. Bibi now. 💅
I am eternally grateful to my supervisors, mentors, and everyone who supported me on this journey. 💜 #astronomy #exoplanets
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𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.
Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).
🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.
Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).
🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.
Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).
🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.
Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).
🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
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Meu vídeo sobre a “detecção de bioassinaturas” na atmosfera do exoplaneta K2-18b e os possíveis problemas relacionados a essa análise, do ponto de vista de quem trabalha na área 🪐
Links abaixo:
Links abaixo:
April 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Meu vídeo sobre a “detecção de bioassinaturas” na atmosfera do exoplaneta K2-18b e os possíveis problemas relacionados a essa análise, do ponto de vista de quem trabalha na área 🪐
Links abaixo:
Links abaixo:
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An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
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Chris, this is terrible scholarship from Nikku and his team.
It's also INSANELY irresponsible scicomm on the part of everyone involved with reporting on it.
It's going to take such an effort to correct this misinformation, and it comes at a time where scrupulousness is sorely needed.
It's also INSANELY irresponsible scicomm on the part of everyone involved with reporting on it.
It's going to take such an effort to correct this misinformation, and it comes at a time where scrupulousness is sorely needed.
April 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Chris, this is terrible scholarship from Nikku and his team.
It's also INSANELY irresponsible scicomm on the part of everyone involved with reporting on it.
It's going to take such an effort to correct this misinformation, and it comes at a time where scrupulousness is sorely needed.
It's also INSANELY irresponsible scicomm on the part of everyone involved with reporting on it.
It's going to take such an effort to correct this misinformation, and it comes at a time where scrupulousness is sorely needed.
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Reading more about this, I'm disappointed in the authors of this study & how they've turned a very marginal result into worldwide press releases.
In this climate, we as scientists have a responsibility to lead by example and represent our work accurately to the press. This is not that. ☄️🔭🧪
In this climate, we as scientists have a responsibility to lead by example and represent our work accurately to the press. This is not that. ☄️🔭🧪
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Reading more about this, I'm disappointed in the authors of this study & how they've turned a very marginal result into worldwide press releases.
In this climate, we as scientists have a responsibility to lead by example and represent our work accurately to the press. This is not that. ☄️🔭🧪
In this climate, we as scientists have a responsibility to lead by example and represent our work accurately to the press. This is not that. ☄️🔭🧪
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Nu finns Populär Astronomi här på Bluesky också! 🚀🥳
Vi har skrivit om rymden och astronomi i mer än hundra år – papperstidningen kommer ut med fyra nummer per år och nyhetsartiklar publiceras löpande på vår hemsida.
www.popularastronomi.se
Vi har skrivit om rymden och astronomi i mer än hundra år – papperstidningen kommer ut med fyra nummer per år och nyhetsartiklar publiceras löpande på vår hemsida.
www.popularastronomi.se
Populär Astronomi - Rymden och astronomi på svenska
Sveriges tidskrift för astronomi och rymdfart sedan 1920.
www.popularastronomi.se
April 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Nu finns Populär Astronomi här på Bluesky också! 🚀🥳
Vi har skrivit om rymden och astronomi i mer än hundra år – papperstidningen kommer ut med fyra nummer per år och nyhetsartiklar publiceras löpande på vår hemsida.
www.popularastronomi.se
Vi har skrivit om rymden och astronomi i mer än hundra år – papperstidningen kommer ut med fyra nummer per år och nyhetsartiklar publiceras löpande på vår hemsida.
www.popularastronomi.se
Nailed it!
As per Swedish tradition, I’ve officially nailed my thesis to the wall to announce that I’ll be defending my PhD in #exoplanets atmospheres in 3 weeks and 3 days.
Dr title, I’m coming for youuuu!
As per Swedish tradition, I’ve officially nailed my thesis to the wall to announce that I’ll be defending my PhD in #exoplanets atmospheres in 3 weeks and 3 days.
Dr title, I’m coming for youuuu!
April 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Nailed it!
As per Swedish tradition, I’ve officially nailed my thesis to the wall to announce that I’ll be defending my PhD in #exoplanets atmospheres in 3 weeks and 3 days.
Dr title, I’m coming for youuuu!
As per Swedish tradition, I’ve officially nailed my thesis to the wall to announce that I’ll be defending my PhD in #exoplanets atmospheres in 3 weeks and 3 days.
Dr title, I’m coming for youuuu!
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After maybe wikipedia, the most important page on the internet is hiring. 🧪🔭
Careers at arXiv - arXiv info | arXiv e-print repositorycontact arXivsubscribe to arXiv mailingsReport an issue
info.arxiv.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
After maybe wikipedia, the most important page on the internet is hiring. 🧪🔭
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Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities in #astronomy at my new employer, UC Chile
aas.org/jobregister/...
If you are interested in writing a proposal to work on #exoplanets or planet formation with me, get in touch!
aas.org/jobregister/...
If you are interested in writing a proposal to work on #exoplanets or planet formation with me, get in touch!
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | American Astronomical Society
The Institute of Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica (IA-PUC) and the Center of Astro-Engineering of the Universidad Católica (AIUC) invite applications for sponsoring postdoctoral researc...
aas.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities in #astronomy at my new employer, UC Chile
aas.org/jobregister/...
If you are interested in writing a proposal to work on #exoplanets or planet formation with me, get in touch!
aas.org/jobregister/...
If you are interested in writing a proposal to work on #exoplanets or planet formation with me, get in touch!
The cat’s out of the bag! 🥳
I'm thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @eso.org as a 2025 ESO Fellow in Germany starting this October!
Expect plenty more #astronomy and #exoplanets spam from me in the years to come 🤓
But first—gotta earn that Dr. title!
www.eso.org/sci/publicat...
I'm thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @eso.org as a 2025 ESO Fellow in Germany starting this October!
Expect plenty more #astronomy and #exoplanets spam from me in the years to come 🤓
But first—gotta earn that Dr. title!
www.eso.org/sci/publicat...
ESO - Introducing the 2025 ESO Fellows - Germany and Chile
ESO is the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. It operates the La Silla Paranal Observatory in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
www.eso.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The cat’s out of the bag! 🥳
I'm thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @eso.org as a 2025 ESO Fellow in Germany starting this October!
Expect plenty more #astronomy and #exoplanets spam from me in the years to come 🤓
But first—gotta earn that Dr. title!
www.eso.org/sci/publicat...
I'm thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @eso.org as a 2025 ESO Fellow in Germany starting this October!
Expect plenty more #astronomy and #exoplanets spam from me in the years to come 🤓
But first—gotta earn that Dr. title!
www.eso.org/sci/publicat...
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👇 Extremely cool work by the awesome @alinenovais.com on #exoplanet atmospheres with HST, highlighting some key challenges in today’s research: retrievals are hard, clouds are hard… everything is hard, which is why it’s important to revisit older data!
🧪🔭☄️
🧪🔭☄️
I am thrilled to announce my second PhD paper, under the supervision of Luan Ghezzi, Kevin Heng, and Chloe Fisher 🪐📄
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
Parameter degeneracies associated with interpreting HST WFC3 transmission spectra of exoplanetary atmospheres
ABSTRACT. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope has provided an abundance of exoplanet spectra over the years. These spec
doi.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
👇 Extremely cool work by the awesome @alinenovais.com on #exoplanet atmospheres with HST, highlighting some key challenges in today’s research: retrievals are hard, clouds are hard… everything is hard, which is why it’s important to revisit older data!
🧪🔭☄️
🧪🔭☄️
@sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta absolutely made my day. Thanks for this! 💜
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
A Swift analysis of the Eras tour set list and implications for astrophysics research (Taylor's version)
Popular culture plays a significant role in shaping public interest in science, and Taylor Swift's discography frequently incorporates astrophysics terminology. This study examines the occurrence of a...
arxiv.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta absolutely made my day. Thanks for this! 💜
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
Reposted by Bibiana Prinoth
I am thrilled to announce my second PhD paper, under the supervision of Luan Ghezzi, Kevin Heng, and Chloe Fisher 🪐📄
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
Parameter degeneracies associated with interpreting HST WFC3 transmission spectra of exoplanetary atmospheres
ABSTRACT. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope has provided an abundance of exoplanet spectra over the years. These spec
doi.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am thrilled to announce my second PhD paper, under the supervision of Luan Ghezzi, Kevin Heng, and Chloe Fisher 🪐📄
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
This study is a summary of my PhD thesis (2019–2024), where we analysed retrievals of HST WFC3 transmission spectra and parameter degeneracies associated with them.
Read more ⬇️
In the heat of battle that was submitting my PhD thesis, I completely forgot to share this with you!
@nature.com invited us to contribute a Research Briefing on our latest #exoplanets paper 🪐
Hope you enjoy it 😊
@nature.com invited us to contribute a Research Briefing on our latest #exoplanets paper 🪐
Hope you enjoy it 😊
The ultrahot exoplanet WASP‑121 b has strong winds that transport material in different directions depending on the altitude in the planet’s atmosphere
https://go.nature.com/4hJQFqZ
https://go.nature.com/4hJQFqZ
Winds on an ultrahot planet challenge climate models
The vertical placement of an exoplanet’s jet stream is not predicted by simulated climate systems.
go.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
In the heat of battle that was submitting my PhD thesis, I completely forgot to share this with you!
@nature.com invited us to contribute a Research Briefing on our latest #exoplanets paper 🪐
Hope you enjoy it 😊
@nature.com invited us to contribute a Research Briefing on our latest #exoplanets paper 🪐
Hope you enjoy it 😊
The atomic spectral lines in this app come from the NIST atomic spectroscopy group, which has provided the world with spectroscopic measurements for 120 years.
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
Tired of wondering which atomic lines are in your spectra? You need:
*whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars
install:
pip install whoseline
source:
github.com/bmorris3/who...
*whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars
install:
pip install whoseline
source:
github.com/bmorris3/who...
March 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
New ESO analysis confirms severe damage from industrial complex planned near Paranal
An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ala...
www.eso.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Thank you @astrokimcartier.bsky.social for writing this lovely article about our work. It was an absolute pleasure talking to you!
A superspeed jet zips around this ultrahot planet and challenges astronomers’ understanding of atmospheric dynamics.
Research from Julia Seidel @eso.org, @bibianaprinoth.ch & colleagues. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/fir...
Research from Julia Seidel @eso.org, @bibianaprinoth.ch & colleagues. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/fir...
First 3D Map of Exoplanet Weather Reveals Superfast Jet - Eos
New observations also answer a long-standing question about where this ultrahot planet keeps its titanium.
eos.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thank you @astrokimcartier.bsky.social for writing this lovely article about our work. It was an absolute pleasure talking to you!