Dr Jake Taylor

JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectrum of Radius Valley-Dweller TOI-260 b We present a JWST/NIRSpec G395H transmission spectrum of TOI-260 b, a $T_\mathrm{eq}\sim 490$ K, $R_\mathrm{p} = 1.76\,R_\oplus$ planet. The transmission spectrum is derived by combining two transit o...

Congratulations to Dr Annabella Meech (@annabellameech.bsky.social) on the publication of her paper "JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectrum of Radius Valley-Dweller TOI-260 b", read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2602.22329

Dr Tim Glover (2011, English Language & Literature; 2015, MSt English; 2017, DPhil English)

📢 Congratulations to Exeter College alumnus Dr Tim Glover (2011, English Language & Literature; 2015, MSt English; 2017, DPhil English) on his discovery of the only known complete version of a major medieval text.

🔗 Read more:https://ow.ly/nNoy50YmSfy

#ExeterCollegeOxford

Tax avoidance being claimed as a human right I’ve got to laugh

Extraordinary new image of comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by ESA's JUICE from 66 million km away - showing its glowing coma, sweeping tail, jets and filaments. ☄️

We invested £9m into JUICE's science instruments, with British universities and industry playing a central role.

👉 www.gov.uk/government/c...

YouTube video by BOWIE+ Seminars Head in the Silicate Clouds - Sarah Moran and Elijah Mullens

There are lots of aspects of silicate clouds in substellar objects that we don't often think about. Luckily, Sarah Moran (@offallingstars.bsky.social) and Elijah Mullens are here to fill us in on the interesting details. #exoplanets #astronomy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWZ...

Omg yes I loved doing tasks and helping people

Is this AI scrappers once again ruining the internet for everyone ?

I’m just a human male trying to read astrophysics papers on NASA ADS

We are thrilled to announce that Mauve has achieved ‘first light’, beginning a new era in astronomical data delivery from small, rapidly built space telescopes. 🛰️

Mauve was pointed at its first calibration target, eta UMa, a bright star in the constellation Ursa Major. 🌟

STFC CEO responds to @jonbutterworth.bsky.social

"it is important for all of our ... programmes ... to contribute to us making savings across our entire portfolio"

No mention that *all* is disproportionately falling on the particle-astro-nuclear programme 🤷‍♀️😡

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I get them daily

Just a few more days to nominate people to our awards!!

What is it with funding bodies saying post docs cannot be PI, how else can we get our foot in the door?

She was a great mentor to me when she was a postdoc with you!

I’m currently debugging and I am very cranky hahaha

Who’s up computemaxxing

Mine would be Wing Chun or Yes, Madam (both Michelle Yeoh)

Spy is one of the best movies of all time

Similar to writing papers unaided by a chatbot, it helps consolidate ideas, think of new ideas, think where can be improved, notice mistakes, so many things!

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

Exo Skryer: A JAX-accelerated sub-stellar atmospheric retrieval framework Contemporary exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheric research relies heavily on retrieval frameworks to recover thermal and chemical properties and perform model comparison in an observational data-driv...

Elsie’s the best in the game. arxiv.org/abs/2602.19687 🔭 #astrocode

Elsie is a rockstar! I’m so excited to see what she will do in the retrieval game! I’ve been doing offline comparisons between my code and Elsie’s code and it it SO GOOD!

The Scottish are destroying the Americans about John Davidson over on twitter and it’s wonderful to see. Could this be the catalyst for Scottish independence? I’ve never seen such unity.

A full view of an open 15th-century printed book page showing an illustration of Noah’s Ark and a rainbow, surrounded by Latin text and diagrams.

A close-up of a 15th-century printed page featuring an illustration of a rainbow in red and green above Latin text.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride flags have been flying across Oxford for LGBTQ+ History Month.

They are based on the rainbow, a sign of hope and promise of love, taken from Genesis in the Bible. At Exeter, Rolevinck’s Fasciculus temporum (1479) includes one of the earliest printed images of a rainbow.

I’m 31 why am I having dreams about not having studied for an exam I am about to take

None of these French words are staying in my head

Vampire Diaries makes my brain so happy! I am currently rewatching the x files

Two shows I like have new seasons streaming now, but I am not in the headspace to watch them. Thankfully they aren’t that popular online so I won’t see spoilers.

Very interesting Astrophysics colloquium given today by Prof David Kipping (@davidkipping.bsky.social) about the role of Bayesianism and Anthropics in searches for life. Excited to see the paper published! Much to think about when it comes to finding life with future space telescopes.