Peter Gao
@planetarygao.bsky.social
Staff Scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. Trekkie. Opinions are my own.
Not everyday you get quoted in the New York Times! Thank you @astrojonny.bsky.social for the chat
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Not everyday you get quoted in the New York Times! Thank you @astrojonny.bsky.social for the chat
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
if we are all stardust then are rabbits stardust bunnies
we really are just stardust trying to understand where we came from aren’t we
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
if we are all stardust then are rabbits stardust bunnies
willing to bet money that there won’t be a second fifa peace prize
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
willing to bet money that there won’t be a second fifa peace prize
Reposted by Peter Gao
@gcugno.bsky.social and I had a wonderful discussion with @goastromo.bsky.social for @setiinstitute.bsky.social LIVE about our work on the circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b!
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@gcugno.bsky.social and I had a wonderful discussion with @goastromo.bsky.social for @setiinstitute.bsky.social LIVE about our work on the circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b!
The sound is broken on my gas station pump tv screen and I’ve never been so thankful
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The sound is broken on my gas station pump tv screen and I’ve never been so thankful
I used the word “diversity” in my NASA proposal and apparently that’s a no-no
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
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December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I used the word “diversity” in my NASA proposal and apparently that’s a no-no
with Stargate coming back this seems like a good time to show off the Destiny I made in SolidWorks (of all things) many years ago during a summer internship
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
with Stargate coming back this seems like a good time to show off the Destiny I made in SolidWorks (of all things) many years ago during a summer internship
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
Trump’s reaction to Mamdani makes perfect sense when you realize that the one thing Trump is consistent on is his need to be liked and accepted by other New Yorkers
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Trump’s reaction to Mamdani makes perfect sense when you realize that the one thing Trump is consistent on is his need to be liked and accepted by other New Yorkers
worst windows ever
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
worst windows ever
those looks of disappointment from the aisle and window seaters when I tell them I’m in the middle seat
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
those looks of disappointment from the aisle and window seaters when I tell them I’m in the middle seat
heard an interview with Hakeem Jefferies and I’m sorry to report that he sounded exactly like chatGPT trained on Democratic talking points
is it too much to ask for the Dem leadership to sound like actual humans
is it too much to ask for the Dem leadership to sound like actual humans
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
heard an interview with Hakeem Jefferies and I’m sorry to report that he sounded exactly like chatGPT trained on Democratic talking points
is it too much to ask for the Dem leadership to sound like actual humans
is it too much to ask for the Dem leadership to sound like actual humans
it’s unfortunate that gen z had to touch the stove but I’m glad they’ve come around
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
it’s unfortunate that gen z had to touch the stove but I’m glad they’ve come around
You just know he’s had this clip saved in a gif folder for MONTHS
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
You just know he’s had this clip saved in a gif folder for MONTHS
the great thing about democracy is that no matter how much power and wealth gets concentrated in the top 0.1%, when it’s voting time every billionaire still gets only one vote
congrats NYC
congrats NYC
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
the great thing about democracy is that no matter how much power and wealth gets concentrated in the top 0.1%, when it’s voting time every billionaire still gets only one vote
congrats NYC
congrats NYC
pendulum is swinging back
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
pendulum is swinging back
it’s a reading-proposals-in-bed sort of day
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
it’s a reading-proposals-in-bed sort of day
<candidate> is the most common type of postdoc in the galaxy and yet their origins remain uncertain
going from writing JWST proposals to writing reference letters is interesting because the hype train doesn’t stop I’m just hyping up people instead of ideas
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
<candidate> is the most common type of postdoc in the galaxy and yet their origins remain uncertain
going from writing JWST proposals to writing reference letters is interesting because the hype train doesn’t stop I’m just hyping up people instead of ideas
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
going from writing JWST proposals to writing reference letters is interesting because the hype train doesn’t stop I’m just hyping up people instead of ideas
Reposted by Peter Gao
In Cycle 2, I was co-PI of the largest volume limited survey of nearby white dwarfs with #JWST. Our first result is out! Out of 56 white dwarfs, one showed a possible candidate companion between projected separations of 0.5"-2" or roughly 10-40 au. 🔭 #astrosci
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
The MIRI Excesses around Degenerates (MEAD) Survey I: A candidate cold brown dwarf in orbit around the nearby white dwarf 2MASS J09424023-4637176
The MIRI Excesses Around Degenerates Survey is a Cycle 2 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Survey program designed to image nearby white dwarfs in the mid-IR with the MIRI imaging mode. Only a handful...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In Cycle 2, I was co-PI of the largest volume limited survey of nearby white dwarfs with #JWST. Our first result is out! Out of 56 white dwarfs, one showed a possible candidate companion between projected separations of 0.5"-2" or roughly 10-40 au. 🔭 #astrosci
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
30 HOURS TO GO
a close up of a cat 's face with its mouth open and eyes closed .
Alt: screaming cat meme
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October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
30 HOURS TO GO
everyone in my family is sick right now except me and I’m pretty sure it’s because my body knows that it needs to stay healthy until after the JWST deadline
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
everyone in my family is sick right now except me and I’m pretty sure it’s because my body knows that it needs to stay healthy until after the JWST deadline