Megan Mansfield, Ph.D. | Source | Postdoctoral Researcher, Steward Observatory at University of Arizona
Megan Mansfield, Ph.D.
Megan joined Steward Observatory in the fall of 2021 as a NASA Sagan Fellow working with Prof. Daniel Apai. Megan’s research focuses on the spectroscopic characterization of exoplanet atmospheres. She uses a variety of ground-based and space-based observations to study planetary formation, physics, chemistry, and habitability. Megan received her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2021, where she performed spectroscopic observations and modeling of highly irradiated exoplanets, ranging in size from hot terrestrial planets to ultra-hot Jupiters.
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University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Researcher, Steward Observatory
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Webb telescope finds water vapor and maps temperature of ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet
The Université de Montréal has obtained temperature data for this ultra-hot gas giant, which is ten times the size of Jupiter.
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The first question astronomers want to answer about exoplanets: Do they have atmospheres friendly to life?
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Webb telescope discovers traces of water in atmosphere of exoplanet with mass of 10 Jupiters
Scientists first made a brightness map of the exoplanet, then a temperature map of the atmosphere.
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