4 papers
Can LLMs Produce Original Astronomy Research in a Semester? A Graduate Class Experiment
Ann Zabludoff, Chen-Yu Chuang, Parker Thomas Johnson +5
We discuss the results of using large language models (LLMs) to conduct original scientific research in an unfamiliar subject area during the Fall 2025 semester. Students in a grad…
Interferometric Detection and Orbit Modeling of the Subcomponent in the Hot-dust System Tuc A: A Low-mass Star on an Eccentric Orbit in a Hierarchical-quintuple System
T. A. Stuber, A. Mérand, F. Kirchschlager +19
The system Tuc A is part of a hierarchical-quintuple system and is a prime target for studies of hot-exozodiacal dust, because a time-variable near-infrared excess has been de…
Wide Separation Planets In Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap H Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X
Laird M. Close, Richelle F. van Capelleveen, Gabriel Weible +34
Excellent (<25 mas) H images of the star TYC 5709-354-1 led to the discovery of a rare H protoplanet. This star was discovered by the WISPIT survey to have a large multi-…
Orbital Modeling of HII 1348B: An Eccentric Young Substellar Companion in the Pleiades
Gabriel Weible, Kevin Wagner, Jordan Stone +4
Brown dwarfs with known physical properties (e.g., age and mass) are essential for constraining models of the formation and evolution of substellar objects. We present new high-con…