This presentation covered the benefits of registering astronomy research software with the Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL, https://ascl.net/ ), a free online registry for software used in astronomy research.
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![Focal planes produced by ExoSim 2 for the Ariel VISPhot channel using two different PSFs. The focal plane array size is 64 × 64 pixels, oversampled by a factor of 3. Both panels are presented in decibels ([dB]) units to highlight the PSF side lobes. The left panel shows the effective PSF using an Airy function, which is cropped to the 8th zero. The right panel presents the effective PSF using a PAOS-simulated PSF as input, including aberrations and a defocusing of 200 nm root mean square (RMS) on the wavefront. -- astro-ph.IM](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ExoSim-2-The-New-Exoplanet.png?resize=1200%2C721&ssl=1)
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Ariel Mission, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
ExoSim 2: The New Exoplanet Observation Simulator Applied to the Ariel Space Mission
ExoSim 2 is the next generation of the Exoplanet Observation Simulator (ExoSim) tailored for spectro-photometric observations of transiting exoplanets from space, ground, and sub-orbital platforms.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Genesis Of The James Webb Space Telescope Architecture: The Designers’ Story
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, is an infrared observatory of novel design: deployable, with active optics, fully open to space for radiative cooling and orbiting the Lagrange […]
![First image of the AO prototype ‘COME–ON’ system taken at 1.52 m telescope of the Observatoire de Haute Provence. γ2 And (a binary star with a 0.5′′ separation) was observed in K band [50]. -- astro-ph.IM](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/High-Contrast-Imaging.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Brown Dwarfs, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
High-Contrast Imaging: Hide and Seek with Exoplanets
So far, most of the about 5,700 exoplanets have been discovered mainly with radial velocity and transit methods. These techniques are sensitive to planets in close orbits, not being able […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Network and Kinetics-based Biosignatures: Implications for the Putative Habitable World Observatory Design
The proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory is intended to observe the atmospheres of nearby terrestrial exoplanets with a resolution greater than that of any previous instrument. While these observations present a […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Titan
Rapid Automated Mapping of Clouds on Titan With Instance Segmentation
Despite widespread adoption of deep learning models to address a variety of computer vision tasks, planetary science has yet to see extensive utilization of such tools to address its unique […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
The RISTRETTO Simulator: Exoplanet Reflected Spectra
The upcoming Ristretto spectrograph is dedicated to the detection and analysis of exoplanetary atmospheres, with a primary focus on the temperate rocky world Proxima b.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Status Report
Novel SiC UV Instrumentation Development with Potential Applications for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
In this paper, we detail recent and current work that is being carried out to fabricate and advance novel SiC UV instrumentation that is aimed at enabling more sensitive measurements […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
Experimental Tests Of The Calibration of High Precision Differential Astrometry for Exoplanets
High precision differential Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that evaluates the relative position, distance and motion of celestial objects with respect to the stars present in the field of […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Apps - Games, Astronomy & Telescopes, Status Report
The Multimodal Universe: Enabling Large-Scale Machine Learning with 100TB of Astronomical Scientific Data
We present the MULTIMODAL UNIVERSE, a large-scale multimodal dataset of scientific astronomical data, compiled specifically to facilitate machine learning research.