Some great arxiv papers for April fools day, my favourite this year is ‘multi-messenger astrology’ - arxiv.org/abs/2403.19749

It’s finally April! Do you know what that means? Some cheeky scientists have created some April Fool’s scientific papers and submitted them to arXiv, a free distribution service for open-access scientific papers, and this year’s submissions did not disappoint!

Is your brain ready for a LOT of interdisciplinary exoplanet knowledge! 🧐🤯 You know it is! 🧵In Jan 2021, Keith Putirka, Siyi Xu, and I joined forces to put together 15 chapters (and a workshop!**) written by experts in their field, where the core of each chapter was:

New paper! My student Natsuko Yamaguchi studies a population of wide (~1 au) white dwarf + main sequence binaries discovered via Gaia astrometric binary orbits. 1/n arxiv.org/abs/2405.06020

Some exciting Fri morning news! Some of you may know I have been working on an introductory level Python textbook for astronomy --- it is now published! iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-… Anyone with institutional IOP access should be able to view the PDF for free.

I'm happy to share that my first PhD paper was published today in Science Magazine, featuring the analysis of the #jwst spectrum of a planet-forming region around a young star revealing an extremely carbon-rich gas composition. The paper: doi.org/10.1126/scienc… #ScienceResearch

Save the Date! We’re hosting a community workshop May 5-7, 2025 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC to discuss the future of infrared astrophysics and synergies across the spectrum going into the next decadal survey.

As part of our 50th-year celebration conference, we are holding a series of special public talks. On Tuesday 23 July, you can hear about "Two and a Half Centuries of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Cambridge". Get a free ticket here: ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of-a…

Great start to a Monday with a ‘Congratulations! Your article has been published’ email

We are kicking off #EuroWD24 with some great statistics on the growth of the conference and the number of white dwarfs discovered per participant, from 1974 it was 30 and now more than 1500!

Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are not responsible for fixing issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. I repeat… 🗣️ Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are not responsible for fixing issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

New paper out today where we find simultaneous dust and gas emission in the disc surrounding a white dwarf star - this tells us that the dust and gas must be produced together around this white dwarf - more details here: arxiv.org/abs/2412.07647

First day as a postdoc at NoirLab in Tucson today, keen to connect with US researchers and if anyone wants a talk about white dwarf planetary systems let me know! 🔭🪐

With Ralph Pudritz, I've been editing the section of the 2nd edition of the Handbook of Exoplanets focused on "Formation and Evolution of Planets and Planetary Systems". This thread collects together the contributions currently available on astro-ph: (1/5)