Paul Duffell

I'm sure the calculation has been done before as to how close a planet needs to get before that happens. We've seen very massive exoplanets (bigger than Jupiter) at very small orbits (smaller than Mercury's) so they presumably can keep their gaseous atmosphere at least sometimes.

Thank you, I very much appreciate the kind words!

I think our current understanding of the gas giants is that they have cores about ten times the Earth's mass. But it's not crazy to think that the outer gaseous material could get stripped away if they migrate too close to the sun.

How did you know?

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Haven't posted here much lately, but I figured @sciencesocks.bsky.social would have words for me if I didn't promote Merel's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast!

Dr. Merel van 't Hoff tells us all about the environments that new solar systems are born in! Check it out!

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Hopefully this generates enough press to effectively become an advertisement for the conference.

Some authors actively disregard the requests of the referee. If you think an author is doing that, just send them a report saying the changes you requested are not optional. If they don't like that they can find another referee. It sounds like you're not being mean, but they might be dismissive.

Can't wait til half of these students stop coming to class so I can get a decent parking spot again.

Whoa, I am jealous!

lol it's really misleading of them to call it a "retreat". I distinctly remember the realization setting in that this was just stretching out our usual painful 1-hour meeting into a full day.

Thank you! It's so nice to hear positive feedback!

To answer your question, no they're not listening.

Sounds like now is a great time to make predictions for the apparent motion of the jet across the sky!

My message wasn't meant as anything but positive! I am all too aware of the many reasons these things can get delayed!

We've been anticipating this paper for months now; glad to hear you've got it out the door and I look forward to reading it!

The universe of Star Trek is set in an idyllic world where humans never invented social media.

My baby daughter gets pockets but my wife doesn't.

The multiple E & E/VG reviews combined with no acceptance is pretty common. I've had that happen, then submit a very similar proposal the following year with much poorer reviews. If the rejection was delayed this long then you should feel good about that.

I have not talked to anybody who has gotten one yet, but I think any acceptances they make will probably be delayed as long as possible, since they don't know their budget yet. So "no news is good news".

That's a good one!

lol don't remind me. We seem to run out of disk space whenever our results start to look interesting!

Great question -- as far as I know, the short answer is no! But I'll look into it!

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Wow, these are major changes! And no doubt they will rely on you for help with a lot of major decisions relating to how these big changes play out!

I have never tried to answer this question before but I can do my best!

Well that's definitely right up my alley! I could talk about that for hours.

Maybe you should join me this episode, seeing as how neither of us has anything better to do!

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Infant daughter: exhales air
Me: I think she just said "dad"!

Thank you! I am glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Dr. Andrea Derdzinski, postdoctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University.

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This month's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Andrea Derdzinski and we talk all about black holes and how we search for them! Let's hope we can continue to do so in the future! 🔭🧪

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