Benjamin Rackham
@benrackham.bsky.social
Research Scientist @MIT studying transiting exoplanets and their stars
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Harvard Crimson editorial board: "If higher education — and the rest of American civil society — doesn’t stand with Harvard’s international students now, they may find themselves alone when Trump comes for them next." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
May 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Harvard Crimson editorial board: "If higher education — and the rest of American civil society — doesn’t stand with Harvard’s international students now, they may find themselves alone when Trump comes for them next." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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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 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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. 🔭🧪
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Introducing "Signal in the Noise: The Ringberg Workshop on JWST Exoplanet Observations"!
Goals: Overcome the instrumental + astrophysical challenges we face when characterizing transiting exoplanet atmospheres with JWST
App Deadline: April 1, 2025
sites.google.com/view/jwst-ri...
🔭⭐ #exoplanets
Goals: Overcome the instrumental + astrophysical challenges we face when characterizing transiting exoplanet atmospheres with JWST
App Deadline: April 1, 2025
sites.google.com/view/jwst-ri...
🔭⭐ #exoplanets
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Introducing "Signal in the Noise: The Ringberg Workshop on JWST Exoplanet Observations"!
Goals: Overcome the instrumental + astrophysical challenges we face when characterizing transiting exoplanet atmospheres with JWST
App Deadline: April 1, 2025
sites.google.com/view/jwst-ri...
🔭⭐ #exoplanets
Goals: Overcome the instrumental + astrophysical challenges we face when characterizing transiting exoplanet atmospheres with JWST
App Deadline: April 1, 2025
sites.google.com/view/jwst-ri...
🔭⭐ #exoplanets
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TOI-2015b: a sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07074
K. Barkaoui et al
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07074
K. Barkaoui et al
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07074
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
TOI-2015b: a sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07074
K. Barkaoui et al
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07074
K. Barkaoui et al
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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Know Thy Star, Know Thy Planet 2 kicks off today! 💫🤩✨
A follow-on to 2017's successful Know Thy Star meeting, #KnowThyStar2 welcomes almost 200 registrants to
Caltech for some stellar discussion on exoplanet science.
Talks will be posted to YouTube!
conference.ipac.caltech.edu/knowthystar2
A follow-on to 2017's successful Know Thy Star meeting, #KnowThyStar2 welcomes almost 200 registrants to
Caltech for some stellar discussion on exoplanet science.
Talks will be posted to YouTube!
conference.ipac.caltech.edu/knowthystar2
February 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Know Thy Star, Know Thy Planet 2 kicks off today! 💫🤩✨
A follow-on to 2017's successful Know Thy Star meeting, #KnowThyStar2 welcomes almost 200 registrants to
Caltech for some stellar discussion on exoplanet science.
Talks will be posted to YouTube!
conference.ipac.caltech.edu/knowthystar2
A follow-on to 2017's successful Know Thy Star meeting, #KnowThyStar2 welcomes almost 200 registrants to
Caltech for some stellar discussion on exoplanet science.
Talks will be posted to YouTube!
conference.ipac.caltech.edu/knowthystar2
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Please consider donating to some gofundmes for some friends and colleagues that work at NASA JPL that lost everything in the Eaton Fire in Altadena. I'm advertising a few that I know best who have been really wonderful people to work with my past 8 years on lab.
January 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Please consider donating to some gofundmes for some friends and colleagues that work at NASA JPL that lost everything in the Eaton Fire in Altadena. I'm advertising a few that I know best who have been really wonderful people to work with my past 8 years on lab.
