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Gaurav
@gauravs.bsky.social
Exoplanet atmospheres | Machine learning
Integrated MS at NISER Bhubaneswar
Glad to be part of this work featuring our new exoplanet atmosphere modeling framework, SANSAR, applied to HD 209458 b.
Check it out below 👇
#exoplanet 🔭🪐
Our paper on the study of HD 209458 b using our newly developed in-house framework for modelling exoplanet atmospheres, SANSAR, is now published in The Astronomical Journal.🎉
@avinashve.bsky.social @gauravs.bsky.social

🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

#exoplanets 🔭 🪐
July 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The K2-18 Video You've Been Waiting For

youtu.be/zjDUG1_jfXU?...
The K2-18b Video You've Been Waiting For
YouTube video by Cool Worlds
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A new, thorough reanalysis of the data that led to claims of biosignatures on K2-18b from @luiswel.bsky.social & friends - a nicely written lesson on why this stuff is hard. They find no significant evidence for DMS, the gas the Cambridge team claimed to have found. arxiv.org/abs/2504.21788
The Challenges of Detecting Gases in Exoplanet Atmospheres
Claims of detections of gases in exoplanet atmospheres often rely on comparisons between models including and excluding specific chemical species. However, the space of molecular combinations availabl...
arxiv.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Nice to see this research note on K2-18b from @astrojake.bsky.social, which demonstrates that a flat line (i.e. no spectral features) is a good fit to the MIRI data.

#exoplanet 🪐 🔭

arxiv.org/abs/2504.15916
April 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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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
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Nothing to see here. Just JWST 🔭 IMAGING A PLANETARY SYSTEM AROUND ANOTHER STAR. Look at the different planet colors! Go NASA science!!! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130
science.nasa.gov
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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New sunlight beats old sunlight!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
January 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro!

Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
Program Description
A Software Engineering Workshop for Astronomy
semaphorep.github.io
January 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I made a new gif for a new site tracking JWST observations of exoplanets (still a work in progress): jlothringer.github.io/Dashboard.html

What an exciting ~3 years it has been! ✨🔭✨
December 16, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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🚨 SPECIAL FIRST POST 🚨
Applications to @exoclimes.bsky.social (7-11 July, 2025 at @umontreal.ca) is now OPEN until Jan 24, 2025! Join us for a week of exciting talks on planetary atmospheres interspersed with ample opportunities to discuss and forge new collaborations! forms.gle/mpeZ3LXGoFb9...
December 12, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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The winners of the Ariel Data Challenge 2024 have been officially announced!

After a fierce 3 months, 6 winners emerged from 1400+ participants from 75 countries - HUGE congratulations to all the winners!

For the full announcement, see the front page & press releases page here: arielmission.space
December 11, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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So excited to share our Google DeepMind team's new Nature paper on GenCast, an ML-based probabilistic weather forecasting model: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It represents a substantial step forward in how we predict weather and assess the risk of extreme events. 🌪️🧵
Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature
GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provid...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Exoplanetary scientist: We've detected water in the cup!
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
November 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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The Pale Blue Dot: Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator to Simulate Signals from Hyper Realistic Exo-Earths
astrobiology.com/2024/11/the-... #astrobiology #astrogeology #exoplanet #astronomy
The Pale Blue Dot: Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator to Simulate Signals from Hyper Realistic Exo-Earths - Astrobiology
The atmospheres and surfaces of planets show tremendous amount of spatial variation, which has a direct effect on the spectrum of the object
astrobiology.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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found a fun kids book
November 21, 2023 at 5:02 PM