Astronomer and Astrophysicist | ASU ➡️ MPIA | Exoplanet Atmospheres and Science Education | Writer | Baker | Hiker | they/he | petercbsmith.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mugsss77vk23first day as a postdoc! unfortunately my office is not in the castle01 Sep 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugsss77vk23https://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mtefoycvl22vgenuine question from a person who looks at flat lines for a living - is this really a significant departure from the mean? https://www.aip.org/fyi/physics-phds-are-leaving-the-us-at-a-record-high-rate18 Aug 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtefoycvl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mrptw4hqik2qplease no spoilers for the odyssey I’m still on the epic of gilgamesh28 Jul 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptw4hqik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mmhjhkq5jc23the mandalorian and grogu is the only movie brave enough to ask: what if jabba the hutt was just a guy?22 May 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhjhkq5jc23https://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mm6hlg6dq22zASU used AI for graduate commencement but actually pulled it off well bc we’re #1 in innovation [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6hlg6dq22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mlt5emxzu22wplease, Mr. Smith was my father. call me Dr. Smith14 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5emxzu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mleul7ps7k2lmy “this is not a golden calf” shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleul7ps7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mky4ohobo22hwhen you die anubis weighs your heart against the most bags of groceries you ever held in one hand03 May 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky4ohobo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3mfiftyu4lc23love doing required lab safety modules bc it’s an hour of unskippable videos followed by a quiz with questions like “You should drink hydrofluoric acid. ⚪️TRUE ⚪️FALSE”23 Feb 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfiftyu4lc23https://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lvz32gndec2rfor sale: mines, never swept10 Aug 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvz32gndec2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lvz2y5z2fs2rfor sale: crypt, never kept10 Aug 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvz2y5z2fs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lvjfxyfeac2kIn fantastic 4 Galactus passes by Jupiter without notice, finally giving us a much awaited confirmation that there is no life on MCU Europa03 Aug 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvjfxyfeac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lu3p7rpsck25I did a lot of Vibe Physics in undergrad, especially during exams. I also failed a lot of exams [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3p7rpsck25https://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lpcfwry4jk2aexoplanet lottery - everybody gets assigned a random hydrocarbon and if you can show it fits K2-18 b MIRI data at 4 sigma you get a faculty job offer16 May 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcfwry4jk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3loknpli3kk2zas it turns out the trans service people were in charge of putting on the parking brakes for the jets [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2025 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loknpli3kk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lng4myjngc2yas an exoplanet astronomer I feel uniquely qualified to remind everyone this Earth Day that Earth is literally the best planet in the universe. every other planet is a shithole. its true.22 Apr 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lng4myjngc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lmzwavsyjc2xnice. these posteriors imply K2-18 b's atmosphere could be anywhere from 0 to 100% DMDS (and same for the other molecules)17 Apr 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzwavsyjc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lmyb5ydcsc2owill read this in more detail in the morning but a quick thread of some technical quirks: for context, "sigma"/confidence intervals here describe the preference of one model/hypothesis over another, not a signal strength over noise as in most types of "detections" 0/3 arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267 https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.1226717 Apr 2025 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyb5ydcsc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lmxzrefhmk2bunfortunately due to tariffs we had to pay 2 sigmas on that DMS detection17 Apr 2025 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxzrefhmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lmxocxnjzc2cyou’re telling me this data is based?16 Apr 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxocxnjzc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lmpsiwwtj22bwe’re speedrunning the Cultural Revolution which famously went Extremely Well for China [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmpsiwwtj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3llzsh3od4s2yif I don’t publish again soon They will Take me05 Apr 2025 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzsh3od4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3llumwnuq5c2vJust announced: 10% tariff on spectra from K2-18b03 Apr 2025 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llumwnuq5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3llrau4fiik2ureturning to all the neglected projects and responsibilities after submitting proposals01 Apr 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrau4fiik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lkednc4j2c2jI know it’s pi day because you’re spinning my head right round14 Mar 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkednc4j2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3ljdfizz3j226I got 11 unconstrained hyperparameters call that kernel sanders01 Mar 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdfizz3j226https://bsky.app/profile/exoplanetpete.bsky.social/post/3lj3u3m2mls2jhey astronomers while slack is down we can use this google doc instead :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/18gzmcAsQVci8Cgjbb1S_DtX7vzhezsB5vJCGmdpFIcs/edit?usp=sharing26 Feb 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:ru43tvqikktazfagectippmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3u3m2mls2j