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Reposted by Mercedes López-Morales
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It might be many years in the future, but it's great to see ESA getting organised and thinking about participation in future flagships - including Habitable Worlds Observatory. See below for details of an ESA Townhall meeting next week:
chrisinbaltimore.bsky.social Chris Evans @chrisinbaltimore.bsky.social · May 6
ESA is organising at Town Hall on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) at 2pm CEST on Fri 16 May. For registration and further details see: www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hwo_town...
Home - HWO Town Hall - Cosmos
www.cosmos.esa.int
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Mercedes López-Morales
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Graduating soon and still looking for an astronomy research project for Sep 2025? 🔭

I'm offering a Masters by Research (MSc) project on #exoplanet atmospheres 🪐 at the University of St Andrews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Join us to work on modelling JWST spectra!

📜 Application details:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/physics-astr...
Project: Modelling and Interpretation of Exoplanetary Atmospheres Theme: Astrophysics Supervisor: Dr Ryan MacDonald (rm400@st-andrews.ac.uk) Description: Our knowledge of exoplanet atmospheres is undergoing a paradigm change following the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). High-quality spectroscopic observations of exoplanet atmospheres necessitate a careful reassessment of model assumptions that were sufficient in the pre-JWST era, in order to ensure the reliable inference of atmospheric properties (e.g. the chemical composition, temperature profile, and aerosol properties). In this MSc (res) project, you will investigate new ways to improve state-of-the-art models of exoplanet spectra. You will also have the opportunity to apply these models to JWST observations of giant exoplanets, which will allow you to measure the atmospheric properties of worlds around other stars.
May 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM