woohoo, some exciting palomar helium work led by Jorge Pérez González on the relatively young TOI-1268b!

woohoo Ashley Chontos our decay candidate survives! "Our reanalysis of Kepler-1658 b with no new data finds that it remains a promising orbital decay candidate." arxiv.org/abs/2404.07339

My husband and I are both Columbia alum, have been on the other side of the barricades facing down the NYPD, and are horrified and disgusted that our alma mater would choose this violence. There is always a choice, and Columbia University is choosing Fascism. We are ashamed.

in september i will be starting a new position as a Hale Scholar at Carnegie Observatories 🔭

omg...we got 625 HST orbits over 3 years to study lyman-alpha in exoplanet atmospheres. possibly the largest exoplanet program on hst...ever?!?!? very excited to co-PI this effort with Parke Loyd!!!!

Three new astronomers are joining the Carnegie Science Observatories: Jessica Spake, Peter Senchyna, and Shreyas Vissapragada. They represent a broad scope of astrophysical expertise ranging from exoplanets to distant stars and galaxies. carnegiescience.edu/news/three-ast…

me dreading the impending jwst cycle 4 deadline