Vatsal Panwar
@vatsalpan.bsky.social
He/Him/His
Astronomer working on characterizing exoplanets 🪐and their atmospheres 🌈⛅️ at University of Warwick.
Bikes and good public transport make me happy, car centric urban streets make me grumpy. 🔭🚲🚉
Astronomer working on characterizing exoplanets 🪐and their atmospheres 🌈⛅️ at University of Warwick.
Bikes and good public transport make me happy, car centric urban streets make me grumpy. 🔭🚲🚉
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Our PhD student @vince-bronner.bsky.social has produced this beautiful work on simulating common envelopes with MESA. With this method, these notoriously difficult calculations can be easily completed on a laptop! They can reproduce the results of 3D simulations arxiv.org/abs/2311.06332 🔭
November 22, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Our PhD student @vince-bronner.bsky.social has produced this beautiful work on simulating common envelopes with MESA. With this method, these notoriously difficult calculations can be easily completed on a laptop! They can reproduce the results of 3D simulations arxiv.org/abs/2311.06332 🔭
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Here's something important to remember: Shell were never, ever going to change - not at the peak of their greenwashing fervour, and not in this period of total and unbridled honesty.
All that's shifted is how much shame they feel, which is currently: none
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
All that's shifted is how much shame they feel, which is currently: none
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shell boss set to cut jobs from low-carbon division
Wael Sawan ready to axe 200 roles from division as part of plan to grow profits
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2023 at 7:07 AM
Here's something important to remember: Shell were never, ever going to change - not at the peak of their greenwashing fervour, and not in this period of total and unbridled honesty.
All that's shifted is how much shame they feel, which is currently: none
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
All that's shifted is how much shame they feel, which is currently: none
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Excited to share the 1st direct evidence of quartz clouds in the atmosphere of a transiting #exoplanet! With #JWST MIRI we found nanoparticles of quartz, SiO2, causing a spike in the planet's spectrum at 8.6 micron unveiling the Oxygen locked in the clouds
doi.org/10.3847/2041...
doi.org/10.3847/2041...
NASA’s Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
webbtelescope.org
October 16, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Excited to share the 1st direct evidence of quartz clouds in the atmosphere of a transiting #exoplanet! With #JWST MIRI we found nanoparticles of quartz, SiO2, causing a spike in the planet's spectrum at 8.6 micron unveiling the Oxygen locked in the clouds
doi.org/10.3847/2041...
doi.org/10.3847/2041...
In our house this configuration is called a Jumble of Peets
October 16, 2023 at 10:52 AM
In our house this configuration is called a Jumble of Peets
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GENTLENESS (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 11" x 13"
Not a classical Virtue, but based on observing my young son with our aging family cat. It's how I hope we'll care for all the earth's creatures.
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ge...
Acrylic on Canvas - 11" x 13"
Not a classical Virtue, but based on observing my young son with our aging family cat. It's how I hope we'll care for all the earth's creatures.
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ge...
October 10, 2023 at 1:46 PM
GENTLENESS (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 11" x 13"
Not a classical Virtue, but based on observing my young son with our aging family cat. It's how I hope we'll care for all the earth's creatures.
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ge...
Acrylic on Canvas - 11" x 13"
Not a classical Virtue, but based on observing my young son with our aging family cat. It's how I hope we'll care for all the earth's creatures.
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ge...
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I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
October 8, 2023 at 1:23 PM
I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
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I can't stop thinking about this
Along with that spectacular imagery, there's some fascinating science going on in the Orion Nebula.
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
October 3, 2023 at 7:50 AM
I can't stop thinking about this
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I love Amy's neuron paintings.
The painting never stops. #neurons #artofneuroscience #sfn23
September 17, 2023 at 2:53 AM
I love Amy's neuron paintings.
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Has anyone transitioned from *some physical science* to a job in environmental preservation / anti-clinate change?
I might be leaving astronomy in a couple years and I want to do something useful I feel like the most useful thing right now would be helping fight climate change
🧪
I might be leaving astronomy in a couple years and I want to do something useful I feel like the most useful thing right now would be helping fight climate change
🧪
September 6, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Has anyone transitioned from *some physical science* to a job in environmental preservation / anti-clinate change?
I might be leaving astronomy in a couple years and I want to do something useful I feel like the most useful thing right now would be helping fight climate change
🧪
I might be leaving astronomy in a couple years and I want to do something useful I feel like the most useful thing right now would be helping fight climate change
🧪
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Great advice! My own list would look very similar to yours. Especially the last one - attaching your whole identity to your work is a recipe for burn out (at ALL career stages).
September 5, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Great advice! My own list would look very similar to yours. Especially the last one - attaching your whole identity to your work is a recipe for burn out (at ALL career stages).
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ohhh this is nice, and some clever photography combined with Solar alignment. Sunspots!
This is the dome of the new Extremely Large Telescope being constructed. Once finished, it will be biggest optical 'scope on Earth.
Image shot from 23 km away at the VLT!
📸 E. Garcés/ESO. Ack.: N. Dubost 🧪🔭
This is the dome of the new Extremely Large Telescope being constructed. Once finished, it will be biggest optical 'scope on Earth.
Image shot from 23 km away at the VLT!
📸 E. Garcés/ESO. Ack.: N. Dubost 🧪🔭
September 4, 2023 at 8:16 AM
ohhh this is nice, and some clever photography combined with Solar alignment. Sunspots!
This is the dome of the new Extremely Large Telescope being constructed. Once finished, it will be biggest optical 'scope on Earth.
Image shot from 23 km away at the VLT!
📸 E. Garcés/ESO. Ack.: N. Dubost 🧪🔭
This is the dome of the new Extremely Large Telescope being constructed. Once finished, it will be biggest optical 'scope on Earth.
Image shot from 23 km away at the VLT!
📸 E. Garcés/ESO. Ack.: N. Dubost 🧪🔭
Sunday is for snoozes
September 3, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Sunday is for snoozes
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My talk was called "Summiting K2: How Scaling K2 Reached the Peak" so of course I had to give it in full mountaineering gear.
In southern California.
In August.
In southern California.
In August.
Look! @aussiastronomer.bsky.social at the GISS !! … I have no idea how you are wearing all that gear in August in SoCal….
August 31, 2023 at 9:06 PM
My talk was called "Summiting K2: How Scaling K2 Reached the Peak" so of course I had to give it in full mountaineering gear.
In southern California.
In August.
In southern California.
In August.
Farewell from La Silla with love from Mateo at the main gates of the road to La Silla, another reason to visit the mountain. Next time definitely will carry some treats for this sweetheart! 🔭
August 30, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Farewell from La Silla with love from Mateo at the main gates of the road to La Silla, another reason to visit the mountain. Next time definitely will carry some treats for this sweetheart! 🔭
There is also similarly a grey area between merp, meow, and meowl.
There still seems to be confusion on derp vs blep vs mlem.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
August 30, 2023 at 4:34 AM
There is also similarly a grey area between merp, meow, and meowl.
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As far as I know mlem means the tongue is in motion, in the act of licking, hence the onomatopoetic nature of the word. A blep is stationary. www.dictionary.com/e/slang/mlem/
mlem Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com
Is that peanut butter on my nose?
www.dictionary.com
August 30, 2023 at 4:26 AM
As far as I know mlem means the tongue is in motion, in the act of licking, hence the onomatopoetic nature of the word. A blep is stationary. www.dictionary.com/e/slang/mlem/
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There still seems to be confusion on derp vs blep vs mlem.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
August 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
There still seems to be confusion on derp vs blep vs mlem.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
My contention that they are in order or the amount of tongue showing. That is a mlem- the biggest of the bunch. Derp is when just a tiny bit is showing and blep is in the middle.
Sunlight reflecting off the twin Magellan telescopes in Las Campanas as seen from La Silla! Hello to anyone here observing at LCO tonight 🔭also bonus Guanacos, NTT peeking out from its deliciously angular octagonal enclosure (the inspiration for VLTs!), and 3.6m with moon.
August 30, 2023 at 3:44 AM
Sunlight reflecting off the twin Magellan telescopes in Las Campanas as seen from La Silla! Hello to anyone here observing at LCO tonight 🔭also bonus Guanacos, NTT peeking out from its deliciously angular octagonal enclosure (the inspiration for VLTs!), and 3.6m with moon.
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IT'S PAPER DAY!
Seidel & Prinoth et al. has just been accepted for publication in A&A and you can find it on arXiv already today: arxiv.org/abs/2308.13622 ✨🔭
Let us tell you a bit more 👇🏼🧵
Seidel & Prinoth et al. has just been accepted for publication in A&A and you can find it on arXiv already today: arxiv.org/abs/2308.13622 ✨🔭
Let us tell you a bit more 👇🏼🧵
Detection of atmospheric species and dynamics in the bloated hot...
The population of strongly irradiated Jupiter-sized planets has no equivalent
in the Solar System. It is characterised by strongly bloated atmospheres and
atmospheric large-scale heights. Recent...
arxiv.org
August 29, 2023 at 1:46 PM
IT'S PAPER DAY!
Seidel & Prinoth et al. has just been accepted for publication in A&A and you can find it on arXiv already today: arxiv.org/abs/2308.13622 ✨🔭
Let us tell you a bit more 👇🏼🧵
Seidel & Prinoth et al. has just been accepted for publication in A&A and you can find it on arXiv already today: arxiv.org/abs/2308.13622 ✨🔭
Let us tell you a bit more 👇🏼🧵
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In the acknowledgements of a paper: The first author thanks Deutsche Bahn for the availability of green
electricity in combination with long delays on trips from Amsterdam
to Geneva, Kopenhagen, and München, which enabled part of the writing, further code development and verification calculations 😁🔭
electricity in combination with long delays on trips from Amsterdam
to Geneva, Kopenhagen, and München, which enabled part of the writing, further code development and verification calculations 😁🔭
August 28, 2023 at 10:17 AM
In the acknowledgements of a paper: The first author thanks Deutsche Bahn for the availability of green
electricity in combination with long delays on trips from Amsterdam
to Geneva, Kopenhagen, and München, which enabled part of the writing, further code development and verification calculations 😁🔭
electricity in combination with long delays on trips from Amsterdam
to Geneva, Kopenhagen, and München, which enabled part of the writing, further code development and verification calculations 😁🔭
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SPACE FACTS: DAY 72/365🧪🛰️🔭
In general, heavier elements are less abundant than lighter elements throughout the universe. But that trend doesn't apply smoothly: elements with an even number of protons are more stable and more easily formed—and therefore more abundant!
Image: Orionus/Lodders 2013
In general, heavier elements are less abundant than lighter elements throughout the universe. But that trend doesn't apply smoothly: elements with an even number of protons are more stable and more easily formed—and therefore more abundant!
Image: Orionus/Lodders 2013
August 28, 2023 at 6:29 AM
SPACE FACTS: DAY 72/365🧪🛰️🔭
In general, heavier elements are less abundant than lighter elements throughout the universe. But that trend doesn't apply smoothly: elements with an even number of protons are more stable and more easily formed—and therefore more abundant!
Image: Orionus/Lodders 2013
In general, heavier elements are less abundant than lighter elements throughout the universe. But that trend doesn't apply smoothly: elements with an even number of protons are more stable and more easily formed—and therefore more abundant!
Image: Orionus/Lodders 2013
Visited NTT and ESO 3.6, saw some viscachas gazing at the sunset, and saw the green flash before the sunset for the first time 🔭
August 27, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Visited NTT and ESO 3.6, saw some viscachas gazing at the sunset, and saw the green flash before the sunset for the first time 🔭