Jessica Ritter

My sweet made me this from our garden He’s so sweet I was just flipping around doing yoga in my swim spa while he made our home prettier 💕

Hey! Check out my brand new paper! We discover a huge leading tail of Helium in HAT-P-67 b, an inflated hot Saturn, with up to 10% transit depth, and actively undergoing *runaway inflation*. arxiv.org/abs/2307.08959

There's so much more in the paper, so give it a read. It's submitted to AJ, so we welcome comments or any citations I missed. A major thank you to the whole @HPFspectrograph Exosphere team: @AstroCaroline, @iamcloudib, @astrozjzhang, @SuvrathM, @amvanderburg and ++more!!

@CapricePhillips Congrats @CapricePhillips!

Finally got my M.S in Astronomy in the mail today. I’m like high-key emotional about it because of how hard this was for me to get here. But I’m super proud of myself and next stop is Ph.D. in about 3 years time! #BlackInAstro

“We need disability awareness.” Are you kidding me? Disabled people are 25% of the population. Disabled people are in 1 out of 3 households. We need ableism awareness and action to dismantle it.

Another day another therapy workbook for neurodivergent people! Liking it so far, especially its note that skills developed by neurotypical people for neurotypical people won’t always work for me #ADHD @sonnyjaneishere

@aussiastronomer My coach used to tell me It’s not about racing other swimmers it’s about racing your past times

show me a non-abusive astronomy department in academia

It’s okay not to be okay 💜

@DisabledStem I bonded with a person I got into a fight with on a bus during our actual suspension I recall his mom wanted me expelled I was just protecting my sister and I Honestly in house suspension was less boring than non suspended days 😂

Remembering that time in high school when I was getting bullied and told the principal about it. My favorite part was when she said I was “wasting her time” and if I reported it again, I would be suspended. 😂

@DisabledStem Reminds me of when people say but your so young to have that neurological disease! Me: 🙄 Same people: wait your disabled? You don’t look disabled Our body keeps the score and for me my score is chronic pain I’m so sorry you are having to deal with this.

I really hate when medical professionals won't let you bring in a person for support during an appointment. They keep telling me I'm "too old" to have the support of a family member during a crucial period.

@ExoplanetPete Peter I left academia so I wouldn’t have To think about this… I started looking it up and midway I realize I no longer need to know this Line lists and modeling 🤷🏽‍♀️

oh you’re a fan of oxygen? name all the transition lines

@Rose_D_Luna Congratulations @Rose_D_Luna You deserve this and you earned it 💕

@Of_FallingStars me too. thanks for the reminder to make said list :)

@yupes_ Yes. I realized the first year there was no way around therapy. Glad I did it, it’s improved my quality of life

Them: Googling shit doesn’t make you a doctor PhD students: @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

@TheStrugglingS4 Anything by @iamcardib

Hey Twitterverse! What genre of music describes your PhD experience 🤔?

that feeling when I tell people that I study space and they say that’s so cool 🥹🥹

@astro_daniella @AmherstCollege Congratulations @astro_daniella!

And finally: I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the Physics and Astronomy Department at @AmherstCollege as an Assistant Professor this fall!!