Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן

PhD Candidate 🪐 @SESEASU || @UMDAstronomy '22 🐢 || studying exoplanet atmospheres & a big fan of TRAPPIST-1e || he/him/הוא

[Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן @Yoav_Rotman]

Paper day! A 🧵

JWST transmission spectra are showing more and more signs of new exciting physics, which is awesome! But if our models don't take that into account, it can propagate as correlated noise and bias our inferences. What do we do?

https://t.co/mNrRjxuX6Z

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[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

In the middle of a historic mission back to the Moon, this Administration is proposing to a 47% cut to NASA science and a 23% cut to NASA’s budget overall. Last week’s launch showed our country and world what we’re capable of when we work together toward a common goal. None of that can happen without support for science and research.

[Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן @Yoav_Rotman]

After the fourth astronaut came out of the capsule there was a brief moment of palpable tension in my living room while my roommates and I waited to see if they happened to find a secret fifth guy up there and decided to bring him back

[NASA @NASA]

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Earthset.

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon.

[🅿️ @the_P_God]

I totally dominated you at the museum dude. Pondered every piece for a couple seconds longer. Scratched my chin with more curiosity.

[evgenya shkolnik @evgenya]

SPARCS' First Light images demonstrate that it is working on orbit. Exciting science times ahead! Congratulations to the whole team including those at @ASU, @NASAJPL, and @NASA. https://t.co/Fuf893EnQd

[Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן @Yoav_Rotman]

בדיוק עצמתי עיניים יא חארות 😭 תנו לישון

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israel announces "preemptive strike" on Iran, sirens blare across the country.

Join Live Updates Here:
https://t.co/62Pr7OO3ce

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

Did you know ... tucked inside our new exoplanet explorer, Pandora, is a near-infrared detector originally built for @NASAWebb? Pandora will follow up on observations made by Webb and other telescopes of exoplanets' atmospheres and the stars they orbit. https://t.co/d58aJuEk4f

[Alanis King @alanisnking]

This New York Times story is not paywalled, and it shows a second-by-second breakdown of what happened. Please scroll through it.

This is not what America, or anywhere, should be

https://t.co/fXbS3FOWZc

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: 

“We are heartbroken but also very angry. 

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. 

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you”

[Austin MacNamara @gremloe]

"...approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here."

This is the victim, holding a phone in his right hand before CBP assaults and murders him.
They're lying to you, spitting in the eye of everyone who can see.

[Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן @Yoav_Rotman]

Oh.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. https://t.co/uYom4BthnT

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

Successful separation! NASA’s Pandora space telescope satellite is in sun-synchronous orbit after deploying from SpaceX’s second stage.

Pandora will soon begin studying planets and their respective host stars beyond our solar system.
https://t.co/AADPOa8hbw

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

Meet Pandora, @NASA’s first satellite in the Pioneers Program!
Launching no earlier than Jan. 11 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Pandora will study the atmospheres of worlds beyond our solar system to help scientists look for chemical "fingerprints." https://t.co/mvgKA9E6IK

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

Doctor: "Can I go check her pulse?"

ICE: "No! Back off! Now!"

Doctor: "I'm a physician."

ICE: "I don't care."

[Yoav Rotman | יואב רוטמן @Yoav_Rotman]

I have received four different wellness checks over the phone because of you.

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

Pandora, our newest exoplanet explorer, is getting ready to go! Launching in early 2026, Pandora will help astronomers study distant worlds, including the compositions of their atmospheres, as well as the stars they orbit. Get up to speed on Pandora: https://t.co/fGjzQsRuok