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[1/X] Want to stay up to date on all the papers released by members of the Carl Sagan Institute? Then get ready for some #SaganNews

[2/X] Satellites aren’t just for smartphones and telescopes. A recent paper by CSI member @TobyAult evaluates a series of phenometrics to compare remote sensing products and climate model output. Learn more 👇journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/… #SaganNews #Climate

[3/X] Mud may play a larger role in drought than you thought. CSI member, @TobyAult, recently released a paper modeling the land-atmosphere link between different levels of solid moisture. Learn more 👉 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102… #SaganNews

[4/X] AI is being used to find water on other planets. @KalteneggerLisa released an article studying machine learning to accurately detect surface water in different forms such as snow, clouds or seawater. Learn more 👉 arxiv.org/pdf/2203.04201… #SaganNews #AI

[5/X] Is there new detection of sodium on WASP-17b? Na. How about potassium? No, K.
New paper by @MartianColonist & @NikoleKLewis finds evidence of CO2 and H2O in the atmosphere of WASP-17b, not seeing previously seen Na or K. Learn more 👉 arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02434… #HotJupiter

[6/X] Close encounters of a black hole! A new paper by Dong Lai studies the evolution of black holes (BH) around supermassive BHs. The results suggest that BHs may take a long time (>10^7 orbits) to get close enough to form bound binaries. Read more👉 arxiv.org/pdf/2203.05584… #BH

[7/X] Hitchhiker’s guide to aliens. @Astro_Madden, @KalteneggerLisa, Stephen Zinder, William Philpot, released a new paper about a database of Earth’s icy biota to help with the search for extraterrestrial life. Learn more 👉 liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/as… #Aliens #Biota #SaganNews

[8/X] In a material world. A new paper by Carla P. Gomes outlines a new machine learning model, Mat2Spec, which outperforms current methods for predicting spectral properties of crystalline materials. Learn more 👉 nature.com/articles/s4146… #MachineLearning #SaganNews

[9/X]The difference is night and day. A new paper by @DrRayJay has not only found that the night-side flux of WASP-33b is <10% of the day-side, but also that Fe I emissions are in agreement with previous reports. Learn more 👇arxiv.org/abs/2203.11188 #SaganNews #HotJupiter

[X/X] (see it was Roman numerals the whole time 🙃) Thank you for joining us for this thread of #SaganNews Let us know if there are any of these papers you want to hear more about and keep your eyes peeled for more #SaganNews coming soon! 👀