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Dr. Caprice Phillips @capricephillips.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My stellar abundance paper is finally published! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Not only is Kayla investigating brown dwarf atmospheres with me, she also developed a program for students in juvenile detention in Tucson.

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Very proud of my grad student Kayla Smith @astrokayla.bsky.social for getting her second paper since starting grad school accepted to ApJ this morning. Look for it soon on the arXiv!

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Our new paper on what could be powering the T inversion on WISE 1935 includes lots of models by @astrokayla.bsky.social and a summary of why Joule heating, which is important for solar system giants' high altitude E budgets is unlikely. Now at least we know the E needed. arxiv.org/abs/2608.17016

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Kayla Smith @astrokayla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share a new paper that we have accepted in ApJ where we constrain the amount of energy required to reproduce the T inversion on the Y dwarf W1935. The manuscript is on arXiv and you can check it out here: url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/yFVvC7Dqom...

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Understanding the Energy Input Required for Methane Emission on CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3: A Comprehensive Analysis

The Y dwarf WISE 1935 exhibits a thermal inversion in its radiative atmosphere, producing methane emission features in its JWST spectrum, but the physical mechanism responsible for this inversion rema...

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Check out this podcast episode featuring LPL grad student Kayla Smith @astrokayla.bsky.social and Mike Wong @miquai.bsky.social chatting about the diversity of scientific thought that goes into astrobiology. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Episode 198: Many Ways to Know About Life in the Universe

Podcast Episode · Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast · April 28 · 1h 11m

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Today's Nature Astronomy Juneteenth issue has a commentary "Black in (Exo)planetary Science" with a contribution from LPL's (and my student) Kayla Smith. Take a look! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Black in (exo)planetary science

Nature Astronomy - As part of Black Space Week 2025, six (exo)planetary scientists share information about their scientific interests, research projects and personal motivations for working in...

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