Carl Sagan Institute

"The Polarized Image of a Synchrotron-emitting Ring of Gas Orbiting a Black Hole" Narayan, R.,…Chatterjee, S., Cordes, J., et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.01804  #SaganNews 11/22pic.twitter.com/Uy7TbyUruM

"Minimal Differential Lateral Acceleration Configurations for Starshade Stationkeeping in Exoplanet Direct Imaging" Kulik, J., Savransky, D., Soto, G.J. https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.05898  #SaganNews 12/22pic.twitter.com/MX7jCEbhfv

"An Open-Source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (BART) Code: I. Design, Tests, and Application to Exoplanet HD 189733 b" Harrington, J.,…Loredo, T.J., et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.12522  #SaganNews 13/22pic.twitter.com/0mOTfvjmQG

"An Open-source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (BART) Code: II. The TRANSIT Radiative-Transfer Module and Retrieval of HAT-P-11b" Cubillos, P.E.,…Loredo, T.J. https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.12524  #SaganNews 14/22pic.twitter.com/17b2tLY4l4

"An Open-Source Bayesian Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (Bart) Code:Iii. Initialization, Atmospheric Profile Generator, Post-Processing Routinesand Application To Exoplanet WASP-43b" Blecic, J.,…Loredo, T.J., et al https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.12525  #SaganNews 15/22pic.twitter.com/OHBXIckt3I

"Astrophysics Milestones for Pulsar Timing Array Gravitational-wave Detection" Pol, N.S.,…Chatterjee, S., Cordes, J., et al., ApJ Lett https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11950  #SaganNews 16/22pic.twitter.com/f5uy38ujDT

In the emptiness of space, Voyager 1 detects plasma ‘hum’ “We’re detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas.” Stella Koch Ocker (@space_ocker, Cornell doctoral student in astronomy) https://as.cornell.edu/news/emptiness-space-voyager-1-detects-plasma-hum … #SaganNews 17/22pic.twitter.com/Bkt2trerxo

"Probing the Spins of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational Waves from Surrounding Compact Binaries" Liu, B. and Lai, D. https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.02230  #SaganNews 18/22pic.twitter.com/0xnQFf8lH9