The European Space Agency’s Ariel mission will conduct a survey of the atmospheric properties of exoplanets around bright stars.
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Detectability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere of WASP-6 b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been detected throughout the universe where they play essential roles in the evolution of their environments.
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Differentiable Modeling of Planet and Substellar Atmosphere: High-Resolution Emission, Transmission, and Reflection Spectroscopy with ExoJAX2
Modeling based on differentiable programming holds great promise for astronomy, as it can employ techniques such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, gradient-based optimization, and other machine learning techniques.
![[Top] Wide-angle view of the NIRPS back end prior to the addition of the thermal enclosure. Fibres arrive from the left the the cryostat. -- astro-ph.EP](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NIRPS-First-Light-and-Early.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
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NIRPS First Light and Early Science: Breaking the 1 m/s RV Precision Barrier at Infrared Wavelengths
The Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher or NIRPS is a precision radial velocity spectrograph developed through collaborative efforts among laboratories in Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, France, Portugal and Spain.
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Awesome SOSS: Atmospheric Characterisation of WASP-96 b using the JWST Early Release Observations
The newly operational JWST offers the potential to study the atmospheres of distant worlds with precision that has not been achieved before.
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Awesome SOSS: Transmission Spectroscopy of WASP-96b with NIRISS/SOSS
The future is now – after its long-awaited launch in December 2021, JWST began science operations in July 2022 and is already revolutionizing exoplanet astronomy.