Astronomer/Exoplanetary Scientist/Professor at the University of Wisconsinhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3m6u4iayqzk2uhttps://youtu.be/XYoKtmYJ5YY?si=eHvygKXbAlv488Zc Live long and get down.30 Nov 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6u4iayqzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3m36m4qhfks2u14 Oct 2025 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36m4qhfks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lvdsqmhb7c2fFishing! All the kids involved managed to catch something (thankfully!).01 Aug 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdsqmhb7c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lv6sow66522larxiv.org/abs/2507.21402 Yeah, not possible. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.2140230 Jul 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6sow66522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lt5xmfczu22sThis July 4, remember that the US is the only country whose national anthem ends in a question.04 Jul 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5xmfczu22shttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lstihatyvk25How some of my Zoom calls feel:30 Jun 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstihatyvk25https://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lpmw4udebs2j20 May 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmw4udebs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lpdbixif4s2qCongratulations Dr. Matthew Murphy! Matthew is off to Michigan State next year to work on a great JWST atmospheres project with @afeinstein20.bsky.social.17 May 2025 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpdbixif4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lp35hn7s5s2iJim Lattis and I will be on Madison's local NPR affiliate tomorrow afternoon from noon - 1pm, as a part of the Larry Meiller Show. We'll talk about exoplanets, the search for life, and the new WiCOR center at UW. Locals can listen on FM 88.7, or online https://www.wpr.org/shows/larry-meiller-show13 May 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp35hn7s5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3ljzyoghcr224https://nasawatch.com/ask-the-administrator/the-nasa-rif-has-begun/ "We will close NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility branch in the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, along with reducing their workforce."10 Mar 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzyoghcr224https://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lj43e4b74222The budget bill passed last night allocated about $43 billion next year for Function 250, which covers NASA, NSF, and DOE Science. That's only about $1 billion less than the previous FY25 budget from last summer.26 Feb 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj43e4b74222https://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lhlvd6skns2iSo through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore!07 Feb 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlvd6skns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lgouyu7pus2yIce skating! I like that Madison's parks clear off big sections of the ponds and run skate rental booths.27 Jan 2025 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgouyu7pus2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lg6u4qplxs2kI'm pleased (?) to report that my school-based stress dream has now switched from "arrive on the last day of class for the final exam and realize you haven't attended all semester" to the alternate version of "arrive on the first day of class and realize you haven't prepared anything."20 Jan 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6u4qplxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfxcnks3lc2yCheck out grad student Max Kroft's new paper on TOI-6054: two dynamically interacting sub-Neptunes (both ~ 10 M_E) around a bright (K=6.7) sub-giant. The star has started evolving - so the inner planet has gone from a life of leisure to strong mass-loss in the last few Myr. arxiv.org/abs/2501.09095 https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.0909517 Jan 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxcnks3lc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfptbajly22lI recommend everyone stop by the ExEP desk at the NASA portion of the exhibit hall. They have "smell an exoplanet" that is pretty entertaining. It includes WASP-107b from our MANATEE work! #AAS24514 Jan 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfptbajly22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfpo3cmywc2lMatthew Murphy: new panchromatic limb-asymmetry obs. of WASP-107b show lots of morning/evening differences and evidence for nightside formation of KCl clouds. For once both 1D and GCM models agree! #AAS24514 Jan 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpo3cmywc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfphmcfcbc2lGood morning #AAS245! Want to learn about how JWST is giving us our first insights into weather on exoplanets? Come to Matthew Murphy's dissertation talk at 11:10am in Potomac 3-4. He is doing the first direct measurements of East/West differences in transmission spectra and sees some cool stuff!14 Jan 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfphmcfcbc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfnosbibwc2gFun fact for those watching the AAS plenary talk on DART and planetary defense: the asteroid Apophis was named after the main villain in the first few seasons of Stargate: SG1. #AAS24513 Jan 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnosbibwc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfnnvo64rc2gThere is a bird flying around the plenary hall. According to the speaker this is the "AAS bird" and if it lands on your head you give the plenary next year. #AAS245 #aviocracy13 Jan 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnnvo64rc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfnkmetlfs2gRezi Ashtari showing results from a big survey of WFC3 observations to try and see trends in clouds. They find a "clear sky corridor" around 1000K, but with an intriguingly strong mass dependence. #AAS24513 Jan 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnkmetlfs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfnijo66zc2gJacob Lustig-Yaeger now showing the same sort of thing in similar obs. of the similar planet TOI-5205b. Very odd. Jacob suggests that since both host stars have significant spots, maybe we need to improve our spot modeling. #AAS24513 Jan 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnijo66zc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfniezmlrs2gKevin Stevenson just showed JWST transmission spectra of the warm Jupiter TOI-3714b, which showed some methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide, but no water (???). That means a super high C/O to this observer. #AAS24513 Jan 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfniezmlrs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfn4declus2gHot stuff from Yao Tang, who modeled the interior structure of sub-Neptunes using higher fidelity models. A good explanation for super puffs? #AAS24513 Jan 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn4declus2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfn34oyn222gRory Barnes on atmosphere loss on the short period Earth sized planet GJ 1132b: an initial hydrogen atmosphere would step quickly. But if there were a lot of water the planet might still have a magma ocean with an extremely thick CO2-dominated atmosphere. #AAS24513 Jan 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn34oyn222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tgbeatty.bsky.social/post/3lfigxofits2yLove a good flow chart. Listening to the SAG 24 report on starshade development. They've gotten everything to TRL 5 and tested to contrasts of 10^-10. Apropos of the previous report on imaging with segmented mirrors, starshade might be the only option if we can't get "standard" imaging working.11 Jan 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:34hiosvcd4ertorxx2daq62w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfigxofits2y