UC Santa Cruz Astronomy Professor & Department Chair, Other Worlds Laboratory (OWL) Director. Planetary Astrophysics: Exoplanets & Solar System. Father, Husband, Minnesotan, Runner. Proud product & employee of the public school system, age 5 to today.
Jonathan Fortney
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Famous #exoplanet K2-18 b: is it a super-Earth, a sub-Neptune, or something else entirely? 🌍🌔☁️🪐 The secret of its interior lies in its exterior... the atmosphere!
Hear more from Shang-Min (Shami) Tsai's #RockyWorldsDiscussion on Thu 7 May @ 13:00 UTC!
More: www.rockyworlds.org/event-detail...
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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.
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Great news for Dr. Blunt and CU Boulder!
Interesting tidbit from my group meeting, regarding LLMs & astrophysics:"Why is this always cast as AI can replace grad students? I think it just as easily could replace advisors. If a group of young people got together for a few months without supervision I'm sure they could do some great science."
“An air fryer can be a powerful and reliable tool, but it’s no replacement for genuine interactions with other human beings,” said psychiatrist Lisa McDougan
As seen in Santa Cruz (I believe ironically?) vol. 156, Bass Pro Shops hats
You know, I take that back! I saw Lestat in San Francisco in like 2005 before it went to Broadway and immediately bombed. That was reeeeal bad.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestat_...
I saw The Phantom of the Opera up in San Francisco last night. First time for my, 6th time (!) for my wife.
Ummm....ok? Gosh, probably my least favorite musical. I did enjoy the set!
We look cute though.
After 3 months, now 2 of 3 reviews are in for the textbook! They are strong! Pfew! Also, I feel like something about me may annoy Reviewer A. That, or they were annoyed that they agreed to review the book. The "flavor" of some of the comments was a little...odd.
Time to address the recommendations!
The explosion of the New Glenn rocket seriously damaged the launch site as well. The cadence of lunar missions that NASA just announced will be completely scrambled.
