@maddielam
PhD in Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin studying atmospheres and clouds on brown dwarfs (aka overachieving planets) ☁️🪐 Previously at: University of Sydney, Lund University they/them https://madeline-lam.github.io/
I've been helping to create a survey to better understand behaviours experienced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in astronomy in Europe! This is open to anyone in astronomy in Europe + UK! Please fill it out and share it around 🔭: groupes.renater.fr/limesurvey/i...
🔭 It's paper day! Today I'm sharing the latest in a series of papers looking at the weather on other worlds, in this case bringing you the weather report from a nearby T-dwarf, SIMP-0136. 🪐
🧵 to follow...
A white protoplanetary disc at the centre of the picture takes up most of the frame. The elliptical cloud of dust and gas consists of some gaps creating a ring-like structure to the cloud. In one of the larger gaps/rings a little dot (a planet) is visible.
A very hungry planet! 🪐
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
Congrats Cian!!! Super hyped to see what comes out of it
Attended my first ever conference last month at #EASCork! Super inspiring to hear about what’s going on in exoplanets and brown dwarfs!
