Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
@astrojaket.bsky.social
Astronomer studying the magnetic fields & atmospheres of exoplanets at Cornell | Environmentalist & activist | Photographer | Traveler | (he/him) | #BLM #LGBTQ #Climate #Resister #FBR
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Hello new followers 👋
My name is Jake
I'm currently an astronomer at Cornell studying the atmospheres & magnetic fields of exoplanets 🪐🧲
I'm also a photographer, social justice activist, & world traveler 🌍
I post about my research, astronomy, my photography, my cat, & politics
My name is Jake
I'm currently an astronomer at Cornell studying the atmospheres & magnetic fields of exoplanets 🪐🧲
I'm also a photographer, social justice activist, & world traveler 🌍
I post about my research, astronomy, my photography, my cat, & politics
First snow here in Ithaca NY ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
First snow here in Ithaca NY ❄️
A lot of folks in the US will have a chance to see auroras tonight 🌌🔭
Clear skies! 🤞
(Too cloudy here in Ithaca 😭)
Clear skies! 🤞
(Too cloudy here in Ithaca 😭)
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A lot of folks in the US will have a chance to see auroras tonight 🌌🔭
Clear skies! 🤞
(Too cloudy here in Ithaca 😭)
Clear skies! 🤞
(Too cloudy here in Ithaca 😭)
First faculty application of the season submitted 🥳🔭
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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
First faculty application of the season submitted 🥳🔭
1 Co-PI and 20 co-I JWST proposals submitted 🤯 🔭
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October 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1 Co-PI and 20 co-I JWST proposals submitted 🤯 🔭
Northern lights tonight over Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY 🔭
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Northern lights tonight over Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY 🔭
Milky Way near my house 🔭
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Milky Way near my house 🔭
“One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969 🔭
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969 🔭
Exoclimes 2025 (@exoclimes.bsky.social) was an amazing week of science, meeting old friends, making new friends and colleagues, and having fun exploring Montreal! 😊
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
July 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Exoclimes 2025 (@exoclimes.bsky.social) was an amazing week of science, meeting old friends, making new friends and colleagues, and having fun exploring Montreal! 😊
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
#ExoClimesVII is done and that’s a wrap on a great week full of science🔭🛰️🪐! On behalf of the entire LOC, thank you to all participants for making this week so special and memerable 🥹. Can’t wait to see you guys all again at ExoClimes VIII 🛸🚀
MERCI À BIENTÔT!!
MERCI À BIENTÔT!!
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#ExoClimesVII is done and that’s a wrap on a great week full of science🔭🛰️🪐! On behalf of the entire LOC, thank you to all participants for making this week so special and memerable 🥹. Can’t wait to see you guys all again at ExoClimes VIII 🛸🚀
MERCI À BIENTÔT!!
MERCI À BIENTÔT!!
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
Exoclimes VII has officially begun!! 👽🧑🚀👩🚀🚀🚀 Things have kicked off with some welcoming words from our fearless leaders Lisa Dang @astrolisadang.bsky.social & Romain Allart! And now off to our first review talk from Nicolas Cowan about Exoplanet atmospheric Dynamics 🪐☄️
July 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Exoclimes VII has officially begun!! 👽🧑🚀👩🚀🚀🚀 Things have kicked off with some welcoming words from our fearless leaders Lisa Dang @astrolisadang.bsky.social & Romain Allart! And now off to our first review talk from Nicolas Cowan about Exoplanet atmospheric Dynamics 🪐☄️
I'm in Montreal this week for Exoclimes 🇨🇦
Excited for a great week of exoplanet science! 😀
Excited for a great week of exoplanet science! 😀
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm in Montreal this week for Exoclimes 🇨🇦
Excited for a great week of exoplanet science! 😀
Excited for a great week of exoplanet science! 😀
Pluto at Fuertes Observatory 🔭
Taken through the 102-year-old Irving Porter Church Refractor
Image taken by Ben Jacobson-Bell & The Cornell Astronomical Society
Taken through the 102-year-old Irving Porter Church Refractor
Image taken by Ben Jacobson-Bell & The Cornell Astronomical Society
July 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pluto at Fuertes Observatory 🔭
Taken through the 102-year-old Irving Porter Church Refractor
Image taken by Ben Jacobson-Bell & The Cornell Astronomical Society
Taken through the 102-year-old Irving Porter Church Refractor
Image taken by Ben Jacobson-Bell & The Cornell Astronomical Society
Today is my 7th PhD Anniversary!! 🥳🎓
Wow, how time flies 🤯
Picture from my PhD dinner 👇
Wow, how time flies 🤯
Picture from my PhD dinner 👇
June 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today is my 7th PhD Anniversary!! 🥳🎓
Wow, how time flies 🤯
Picture from my PhD dinner 👇
Wow, how time flies 🤯
Picture from my PhD dinner 👇
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
Have you seen the Rubin Observatory's first images?
Rubin has the largest digital camera in the world, and it's ready to revolutionize astronomy! Over the next decade, it will discover 2000x MORE galaxies than the 10 million shown below.
Let's explore how its images compare to other telescopes 🔭
Rubin has the largest digital camera in the world, and it's ready to revolutionize astronomy! Over the next decade, it will discover 2000x MORE galaxies than the 10 million shown below.
Let's explore how its images compare to other telescopes 🔭
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Have you seen the Rubin Observatory's first images?
Rubin has the largest digital camera in the world, and it's ready to revolutionize astronomy! Over the next decade, it will discover 2000x MORE galaxies than the 10 million shown below.
Let's explore how its images compare to other telescopes 🔭
Rubin has the largest digital camera in the world, and it's ready to revolutionize astronomy! Over the next decade, it will discover 2000x MORE galaxies than the 10 million shown below.
Let's explore how its images compare to other telescopes 🔭
Today we show the power of the people ✊
Join the nationwide peaceful 'No Kings Day' protests in a city near you 👇
Join the nationwide peaceful 'No Kings Day' protests in a city near you 👇
We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today we show the power of the people ✊
Join the nationwide peaceful 'No Kings Day' protests in a city near you 👇
Join the nationwide peaceful 'No Kings Day' protests in a city near you 👇
In The End [Official HD Music Video] - Linkin Park
YouTube video by Linkin Park
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June 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
My current research focuses on using TESS to study the changing orbits of exoplanets 🔭
See the epic trailer for the TESS mission below! 🤯
See the epic trailer for the TESS mission below! 🤯
May 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My current research focuses on using TESS to study the changing orbits of exoplanets 🔭
See the epic trailer for the TESS mission below! 🤯
See the epic trailer for the TESS mission below! 🤯
Urge Your Members of Congress To Support NASA Science 🔭
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NASA SMD Dear Colleague Action Alert | American Astronomical Society
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May 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Urge Your Members of Congress To Support NASA Science 🔭
aas.org/urge-nasa-su...
aas.org/urge-nasa-su...
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
Happy 35th Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope!! 🔭
I had pictures of Hubble on my wall as a kid. And now I'm an Astronomer. What a journey 🤯
I had pictures of Hubble on my wall as a kid. And now I'm an Astronomer. What a journey 🤯
April 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Happy 35th Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope!! 🔭
I had pictures of Hubble on my wall as a kid. And now I'm an Astronomer. What a journey 🤯
I had pictures of Hubble on my wall as a kid. And now I'm an Astronomer. What a journey 🤯
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us... To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, & to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." Carl Sagan #earthdayeveryday #EarthDay
April 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us... To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, & to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." Carl Sagan #earthdayeveryday #EarthDay
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
*** If you’d like to support the search for life, take just one minute to urge American representatives to support NASA science. Slashing NASA’s budget in half would make these scientific discoveries near impossible. ***
www.planetary.org/action-center
www.planetary.org/action-center
Action Center
Whether it's advocating, teaching, inspiring, or learning, you can do something for space, right now. Let's get to work.
www.planetary.org
April 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
*** If you’d like to support the search for life, take just one minute to urge American representatives to support NASA science. Slashing NASA’s budget in half would make these scientific discoveries near impossible. ***
www.planetary.org/action-center
www.planetary.org/action-center
Reposted by Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐
Has JWST found life on another world? 🔭
An analysis of exoplanet K2-18 b points to the existence of dimethyl sulfide, a molecule produced by photosynthesizing plankton on Earth—but proving that this sign is real, and that life is the only explanation, is a difficult task.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267
An analysis of exoplanet K2-18 b points to the existence of dimethyl sulfide, a molecule produced by photosynthesizing plankton on Earth—but proving that this sign is real, and that life is the only explanation, is a difficult task.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267
April 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Has JWST found life on another world? 🔭
An analysis of exoplanet K2-18 b points to the existence of dimethyl sulfide, a molecule produced by photosynthesizing plankton on Earth—but proving that this sign is real, and that life is the only explanation, is a difficult task.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267
An analysis of exoplanet K2-18 b points to the existence of dimethyl sulfide, a molecule produced by photosynthesizing plankton on Earth—but proving that this sign is real, and that life is the only explanation, is a difficult task.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267