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Rachel Bowens-Rubin

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PhD | Exoplanet hunter and instrumentation builder | "Dray" https://rbowru.medium.com/

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Exo-Saturns and Exo-Jupiters Are Within JWST’s Reach New research suggests that JWST is capable of directly imaging planets that resemble the gas giants in our solar system, provided they orbit nearby stars.

New research suggests that JWST is capable of directly imaging planets that resemble Saturn and Jupiter in orbit around nearby stars. aasnova.org/2025/07/07/e... @umich.edu πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

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NIRCam Yells at Cloud! The first results from JWST 6122 Cool Kids on the Block are out today -- if you're using JWST for direct imaging of #exoplanets around nearby stars, consider adding MIRI imaging (no coronagraph) to your program to see the coldest, cloudiest planets:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.15995

23.05.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am postdoctoral researcher in Astronomy & Astrophysics who studies exoplanets orbiting neighboring stars using JWST

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