Peter Gao
@planetarygao.bsky.social
Staff Scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. Trekkie. Opinions are my own.
It’s hilarious how you can immediately tell a post is AI slop as soon as they drop the “that’s not X, it’s Y”
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It’s hilarious how you can immediately tell a post is AI slop as soon as they drop the “that’s not X, it’s Y”
I may have become too powerful
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I may have become too powerful
Research is a gas - it expands freely to fill any free time you might have had
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Research is a gas - it expands freely to fill any free time you might have had
Reposted by Peter Gao
Happy to announce I have a new paper out in Nature Chemistry Communications!
The idea of this paper was pretty simple: what's the *minimum* set of chemical compounds that you need to 'boot-strap' terrestrial biochemistry into functionality? And where might that set have come from?
The idea of this paper was pretty simple: what's the *minimum* set of chemical compounds that you need to 'boot-strap' terrestrial biochemistry into functionality? And where might that set have come from?
Potential metabolic viability on asteroid chemistry - Communications Chemistry
Pristine material from asteroid sample-return missions can provide information to assess whether the chemistry of specific asteroids could have supported life on Earth. Here, the authors use metabolic...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Happy to announce I have a new paper out in Nature Chemistry Communications!
The idea of this paper was pretty simple: what's the *minimum* set of chemical compounds that you need to 'boot-strap' terrestrial biochemistry into functionality? And where might that set have come from?
The idea of this paper was pretty simple: what's the *minimum* set of chemical compounds that you need to 'boot-strap' terrestrial biochemistry into functionality? And where might that set have come from?
Reposted by Peter Gao
THANK YOU WEATHER GODS
is it wrong of me to wish for a winter storm so severe that the XRP deadline gets pushed back
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
THANK YOU WEATHER GODS
is it wrong of me to wish for a winter storm so severe that the XRP deadline gets pushed back
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
is it wrong of me to wish for a winter storm so severe that the XRP deadline gets pushed back
we used to travel in style (part 2)
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
we used to travel in style (part 2)
we used to travel in style
January 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
we used to travel in style
Reposted by Peter Gao
Planetary friends!
Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee?
Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026.
It's our community. Fight for it!
Details at the link:
planetaryworkshop.org
Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee?
Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026.
It's our community. Fight for it!
Details at the link:
planetaryworkshop.org
PSCW 2026
planetaryworkshop.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Planetary friends!
Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee?
Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026.
It's our community. Fight for it!
Details at the link:
planetaryworkshop.org
Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee?
Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026.
It's our community. Fight for it!
Details at the link:
planetaryworkshop.org
any recommendations for recent review articles on space weathering?
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
any recommendations for recent review articles on space weathering?
Fascinated by the one slight difference between the google search results for North and South Korea
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Fascinated by the one slight difference between the google search results for North and South Korea
A lot of things impressed me about Disney World: this display, the design of the parks, how they managed the crowds, etc
But nothing compares to them finding my car keys that I lost *somewhere in Magic Kingdom* 2 hours after I submitted a lost and found form
But nothing compares to them finding my car keys that I lost *somewhere in Magic Kingdom* 2 hours after I submitted a lost and found form
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
A lot of things impressed me about Disney World: this display, the design of the parks, how they managed the crowds, etc
But nothing compares to them finding my car keys that I lost *somewhere in Magic Kingdom* 2 hours after I submitted a lost and found form
But nothing compares to them finding my car keys that I lost *somewhere in Magic Kingdom* 2 hours after I submitted a lost and found form
the European mind cannot comprehend this
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
the European mind cannot comprehend this
Not everyday you get quoted in the New York Times! Thank you @astrojonny.bsky.social for the chat
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Not everyday you get quoted in the New York Times! Thank you @astrojonny.bsky.social for the chat
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
if we are all stardust then are rabbits stardust bunnies
we really are just stardust trying to understand where we came from aren’t we
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
if we are all stardust then are rabbits stardust bunnies
willing to bet money that there won’t be a second fifa peace prize
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
willing to bet money that there won’t be a second fifa peace prize
Reposted by Peter Gao
@gcugno.bsky.social and I had a wonderful discussion with @goastromo.bsky.social for @setiinstitute.bsky.social LIVE about our work on the circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b!
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@gcugno.bsky.social and I had a wonderful discussion with @goastromo.bsky.social for @setiinstitute.bsky.social LIVE about our work on the circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b!
The sound is broken on my gas station pump tv screen and I’ve never been so thankful
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The sound is broken on my gas station pump tv screen and I’ve never been so thankful
I used the word “diversity” in my NASA proposal and apparently that’s a no-no
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
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December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I used the word “diversity” in my NASA proposal and apparently that’s a no-no
with Stargate coming back this seems like a good time to show off the Destiny I made in SolidWorks (of all things) many years ago during a summer internship
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
with Stargate coming back this seems like a good time to show off the Destiny I made in SolidWorks (of all things) many years ago during a summer internship
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts
I was supposed to be using it for designing radio dish parts