Matt Nixon
@nixonmatthew.bsky.social
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51 Pegasi b Fellow at Arizona State University and jazz enthusiast
It was a pleasure advising Bodie for this project, now published in ApJ Letters! Thanks to
@seseasu.bsky.social
and ASU news for writing about it:
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New study revises our picture of the most common types of planets in the galaxy | ASU News
Thanks to better telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope, we now know our solar system isnβt unique β there are millions of other planets in our galaxy.But weβre still teasing out clues about ...
https://news.asu.edu/20251105-science-and-technology-new-study-revises-our-picture-most-common-types-planets-galaxy
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Thanks to Ben Cassese and
@aasnova.org
for this lovely summary of our paper!
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Astronomy on Tap-Valley of the Sun
5 months ago
AoT Valley of the Sun is back for the next event in our monthly series! This October, weβre thrilled to hear from ASU Professor Jim Bell and PhD student Hailey Nelson about an ASU-led mission to the asteroid Psyche. (1/2)
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Peter McGill
5 months ago
I'm hiring an intern for a 6-month research position related to the NASA Pandora SmallSat Mission, project and start date flexible. Must be a current astro PhD student :)
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Pandora Research Graduate Intern
<p><strong>Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!</strong></p><p>Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United Statesβ security? Come join Lawrence...
https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/find-your-job/all/Pandora/3743990009713166
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I had a wonderful time speaking with
@startswithabang.bsky.social
and
@luiswel.bsky.social
about biosignatures, exciting sub-Neptune science, and why we should care about studying exoplanets! Check out our podcast episode here:
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NSFβDOE Rubin Observatory
8 months ago
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSFβDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess these regions of sky? This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will
#CaptureTheCosmos
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#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
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Luis Welbanks
9 months ago
Good to see Pica-Ciamarra, Madhu+ engage with our work and correct claims from last month. Following our recommendation to expand the model space, they now find: βNo molecule reaches 2Ο significance when allowing for an offsetβ¦β ππ¨ ππ’π¨π ππ¬ππ¬ πππππ« ππ₯π₯! Sec. 4.4
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A Systematic Search for Trace Molecules in Exoplanet K2-18 b
The first transmission spectrum of the habitable-zone sub-Neptune K2-18 b with JWST has opened a new avenue for atmospheric characterisation of temperate low-mass exoplanets. The observations led to i...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10539
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Tim Lichtenberg
9 months ago
Within the context of the interdisciplinary PRELIFE consortium me and Wim van Westrenen are advertising a joint PhD position on the surface water levels and atmospheric composition of the earliest Earth:
www.formingworlds.space/phdposition2...
. Deadline: 10th June. Please share! πππ§¬
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A real pleasure to chat about our latest work and all things exoplanet atmospheres!
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10 months ago
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Just shared a new paper on the arXiv, led my
@luiswel.bsky.social
and me, on the challenges associated with detecting gases in exoplanet atmospheres. As the field pushes towards new and exciting opportunities, we thought it was time to talk about what it really means to βdetectβ something!
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So excited to hang out in the desert and do cool science with
@luiswel.bsky.social
and
@sagnickastro.bsky.social
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