From @evannelles.bsky.social: Lots of people, and even planets, exist in a state of disequilibrium every day. Now, let us be mindful of one such example: the exoplanet WASP-39b. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/07/20/a-meditation-on-the-chemistry-of-wasp-39b/

A Meditation on the Chemistry of WASP-39b

If you’re feeling off balance due to something outside of your control, it’s not a bad idea to take some time to relax and find your equilibrium once again. You might even try meditation or yoga. But ...

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If you would like to work with me at MIT, please consider applying for a 51 Peg b fellowship. Applications are now open, closing Oct. 1 www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...

51 Pegasi b Fellowship

The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides exceptional postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.

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It feels like exoplanet researchers, more than anyone else in astronomy, should understand the impact of carbon dioxide on the atmosphere.

Great opportunities here!

Astrobiology@astrobiology.bsky.social · last mo.

18 PhD Positions And 6 Postdoc Positions In Planetary Habitability Collaborative Research Center (CRC) SFB 1759 astrobiology.com/2026/06/18-p... #astrobiology #exoplanet

🚨 Help us spread the word! @rshivpriyam.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding the drivers of current trends in Earth’s Energy Imbalance and what they mean for future climate. DMs open for questions.

Shiv Priyam Raghuraman@rshivpriyam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring a postdoc to research Earth's Energy Imbalance using Earth system model simulations and satellite observations. I appreciate anyone spreading the word! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hello! We have a very-off-cycle postdoc fellowship at UC Santa Cruz. Open to any area of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Applications are due July 15th. It is funded by the Moore Foundation. Looking for someone to start Oct 1, 2026 (!, approx), see details below. aas.org/jobregister/...

If you’re not aware of it, please consider watching this livestream + taking action to protect the outstanding science and institutions such as NSF NCAR that are so valuable to society: wclivestream.com/act/ Now is the time to speak up and protect this public good for future generations!

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The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 We begin our 50-hour broadcast today at 4pm 🚨 It's a showcase of incredible people and their phenomenal work- a celebration of the scientific community 🧪, defined broadly Use this link to subscribe to our YouTube channel and you'll get notified when we're live: wclivestream.com/watch

The Livestream is in its second of 2 days, it has been amazing! Tune in to a continuous science-a-thon with great talks by brilliant scientists, hosted by other brilliant scientists. Plenty of audience Q&A. It's a really unique thing, actually. It'll be a document for history books.

The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're starting in 20 minutes! Our opening lineup includes: @adamsobel.bsky.social Jen Kay (UC Boulder) @zacklabe.com @ametsoc.org @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @solilyquy.bsky.social Nadir Jeevanjee (NOAA GFDL) Abby Swann (UW) Join us here: wclivestream.com/watch

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The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 The Weather and Climate Livestream is back, June 1st - 3rd 2026!! We're streaming 50 hours for our future in the face of a new round of proposed budget cuts and attacks on science. Want to speak at the event? wclivestream.com/volunteer/

⚒️ Article: Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide @lamont.columbia.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide - Nature Geoscience

Higher carbon dioxide levels widen the part of the heat spectrum that can emit energy to space, cooling the stratosphere and strengthening the warming effect of this gas, according to idealized spectr...

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The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 The Weather and Climate Livestream is back, June 1st - 3rd 2026!! We're streaming 50 hours for our future in the face of a new round of proposed budget cuts and attacks on science. Want to speak at the event? wclivestream.com/volunteer/

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Starting 2026 with a bang, our paper is published! 🎉🎉🎉 In it, we explored how polar amplification depends on the underlying climate state, with implications for understanding the past and future evolution of polar climate change! Enjoy! :) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423

Andrew Williams@andrewilwilliams.bsky.social · last yr.

Under climate change, the polar regions warm *faster* than the rest of the world ("polar amplification", PA). But, is this always the case? In this preprint (with Tim Merlis) we studied the 'state-dependence' of PA—feedback welcomed! :) andrewilwilliams.github.io/papers/pa_widerange_main.pdf

Exoplanet atmosphere characterization is built on a foundation of lab data and chemistry. We need more reaction rates, cross sections, & line lists, at a broader range of conditions than the Solar System. Got together with Earth/planetary scientists to comment on this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to understand exoplanets — space scientists call on lab-based chemists to help

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, modelling and observational communities, will help to interpret the astronomical da...

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@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭 PhD positions: aas.org/jobregister/... Postdoctoral positions: aas.org/jobregister/... #exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐ [Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]

I'm looking for a part-time research assistant to help research and fact-check long form YouTube videos, with an emphasis on climate misinformation campaigns. If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9. forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...

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What are geoengineering and cloud seeding, and what are their implications for future climate mitigation strategies? @karadlamb.bsky.social—research scientist at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social studying aerosols, cloud physics, machine learning—explains: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/07/17/g...

In ~5 years, we as a species are on track to embark on an incredible era of discovery, unlocking the secrets of the planet Venus. The missions @ESA_Envision, DAVINCI, and VERITAS will reveal Venus as we have never seen her before. But why should YOU care about our sister world?

About that new paper on K2-18b, which headlines with "Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system," evidently prodded by a Cambridge U. press release. arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267 . It's not actually any kind of evidence for life, and here I'll give my take on the paper.

An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪

Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

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Loss of the aging ACE-FTS and MLS satellite instruments will create a “data desert” around stratospheric composition, suggests a paper by @rosssalawitch.bsky.social et al in #BulletinAMS. Observation gaps may hinder understanding of climate change. Read more: bit.ly/41JORtl

📢 TODAY at 2pm CEST... don't miss our 'Storms ⛈️, Eddies 🌀 and #ScienceHour 🌐'! ✅ Free, online seminar. No registration needed. ➡️ "Atmospheric imprint of ocean eddies in high-resolution atmosphere-only simulations". 🗣️ @maengenheyster.bsky.social (@ecmwf.int) 🔗 awi.webex.com/awi-en/j.php...

Seidel+ 2025 and Prinoth+ 2025 are now out in the world 🪐🔭 www.eso.org/public/unite...

“Out of science fiction”: First 3D observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere reveal a unique climate

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observat...

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Wenn du diesen Monat wählen gehst, nimm dir bitte kurz Zeit und schau nach, was die verschiedenen Parteien zum Thema Klima sagen! If you are voting in the German election this month, please take a moment to check out what the different parties say about climate! www.carbonbrief.org/germany-elec...

Germany election 2025: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief tracks commitments made by the main parties in Germany's 2025 election, across a range of issues related to climate and energy.

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Rapid Surge In Global Warming Mainly Due To Reduced Planetary Albedo astrobiology.com/2024/12/rapi... #astrobiology #RemoteSensing #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Weather #terraforming

Rapid Surge In Global Warming Mainly Due To Reduced Planetary Albedo - Astrobiology

Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, heatwaves at sea – 2023 set a number of alarming new records.

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