PI: Thaddeus Komacek

Highlight 1: General Circulation Model (GCM) simulations of the first planet orbiting close-in to a pulsar characterised with the James Webb Space Telescope.

Figure 1 (top): Temperature maps and streamlines (left) and temperature-pressure profiles (right) from 3D GCMs of PSR J2322-2650b. From Zhang et al. (2025), ApJL, 995:L64.

Highlight 2: GCM simulations of prime temperate rocky planet targets that can be characterised with current and upcoming space missions including JWST, MIRECLE, LIFE, and HWO.

Figure 2 (right): Surface temperature and wind maps from ExoCAM GCM simulations of seven nearby temperate terrestrial planets for varying assumed partial pressures of atmospheric carbon dioxide. We find that all planets except Teegarden c have habitable conditions with surface liquid water.