#Scialog SLU Fellow Peter Gao @PlanetaryGao @carnegiescience is a coauthor of a paper highlighted in this New York Times article. #CottrellScholar 2019 & Scialog TDA Fellow Emily Rauscher @michiganastro is also quoted.

@NASAWebb The study was led by Carnegie's Johanna Teske, with key contributions from #CarnegiePostdoc @Nicole_Wallack and #CarnegieAlum @AnjaliPiette, using data from @NASAWebb. The results are published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Read the full story https://t.co/SvPVYeKcvJ

@NASAWebb A bare rocky planet this close to its star should be far hotter (~5,000°F). Instead, JWST measured a much lower temperature (3,200°F), a strong clue that heat is being redistributed by an atmosphere.

Using @NASAWebb, the team measured the planet’s dayside temperature as it passed behind its star, a technique used to study atmospheres on distant worlds.

The planet, TOI-561 b, is small, rocky, and extremely close to its star. In our own Solar System, worlds like this (think Mercury) are hot, bare, and airless after losing their gases to heat and radiation.

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers has reported the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet...and it's in a place no one expected. (🧵) 🔗 https://t.co/9vS25UXszl

POV: You walk into a physics lab and see someone firing protons...at frog eggs? Welcome to Carnegie in the 1940s, where nuclear physics smashed into biology and sparked a whole new field. #ScienceHistory https://t.co/ro39q9GtZb

When a group of nuclear physicists decided to study life instead of atoms, everything changed. Their interdisciplinary leap helped shape the rise of modern molecular biology. Here’s how it happened ↓ https://t.co/ro39q9GtZb

“Engaging the community in the scientific process is an essential part of the Observatories’ mission. My goal as director will be to help Carnegie astronomers achieve their most ambitious goals and to share their insights and discoveries with the world.” 👉 https://t.co/uFaF6RXoUT

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys @LCOAstro @giantmagellan With new instruments, new surveys, and the Giant Magellan Telescope on the horizon, this is a transformative moment for Carnegie astronomy. We can’t wait to see where his leadership will take us next. (6/6) Read more: https://t.co/Pyklc0EzmJ

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys @LCOAstro @giantmagellan “There is nowhere better to be an astronomer than Carnegie Observatories,” Blanton said, noting that Carnegie Science gives scientists the freedom and tools to pursue the most ambitious questions in astronomy. (5/6)

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys As Observatories Director, he will lead astronomical research in Pasadena and oversee Las Campanas Observatory (@LCOAstro)—home to Magellan, du Pont, Swope, and the SDSS Local Volume Mapper, as well as the future home of the @GiantMagellan. (4/6) 🔭 : https://t.co/Oi9DFYByNe

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity His work centers on conducting large astronomical surveys that place constraints on cosmological history and unravel the history of galaxies. He's also been involved in every generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (@sdssurveys), including serving as SDSS-IV Director. (3/6)

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity At @NYUniversity , Blanton served as Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics ( https://t.co/P7Jt92A00k), advancing major efforts in cosmology, galaxy evolution, and large astronomical surveys.

We’re excited to announce that astronomer Michael R. Blanton has been named the 12th Director of the Carnegie Science Observatories! He joins us from @NYUPhysics / @NYUniversity. (1/6) Full Press Release👇 https://t.co/Pyklc0EzmJ

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys @LCOAstro @giantmagellan With new instruments, new surveys, and the Giant Magellan Telescope on the horizon, this is a transformative moment for Carnegie astronomy. We can’t wait to see where his leadership will take us next. (6/6) Read more: https://t.co/Pyklc0EzmJ

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys @LCOAstro @giantmagellan “There is nowhere better to be an astronomer than Carnegie Observatories,” Blanton said, noting that Carnegie Science gives scientists the freedom and tools to pursue the most ambitious questions in astronomy. (5/6)

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity @sdssurveys As Observatories Director, he will lead astronomical research in Pasadena and oversee Las Campanas Observatory(@LCOAstro)—home to Magellan, du Pont, Swope, and the SDSS Local Volume Mapper, as well as the future home of the @GiantMagellan. (4/6) 🔭 : https://t.co/Oi9DFYByNe

@NYUPhysics @nyuniversity His work focuses on conducting large astronomical surveys that place constraints on cosmological history and unravel the history of galaxies. He's also been involved in every generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (@sdssurveys), including serving as SDSS-IV Director. (3/6)

We’re excited to announce that astronomer Michael R. Blanton has been named the 12th Director of the Carnegie Science Observatories! He joins us from @NYUPhysics / @nyuniversity. (1/6) Full Press Release👇 https://t.co/Pyklc0EzmJ