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Néstor Espinoza

Space Telescope Science Institute · US
Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Instrumentation
Research interest
Research interests include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.
h-index
50
citations
9,276
works
377
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

JWST-TST DREAMS: NIRSpec/PRISM Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2025cited by 11position: firstdoi
JWST-TST DREAMS: Secondary Atmosphere Constraints for the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
A warm Neptune’s methane reveals core mass and vigorous atmospheric mixing
Nature 2024cited by 77position: middledoi
Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b
Nature Astronomy 2024cited by 67position: middledoi
A benchmark JWST near-infrared spectrum for the exoplanet WASP-39 b
Nature Astronomy 2024cited by 48position: middledoi
Hints of a Sulfur-rich Atmosphere around the 1.6 R <sub>⊕</sub> Super-Earth L98-59 d from JWST NIRspec G395H Transmission Spectroscopy
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2024cited by 40position: middledoi
Inhomogeneous terminators on the exoplanet WASP-39 b
Nature 2024cited by 35position: firstdoi
JWST-TST High Contrast: Achieving Direct Spectroscopy of Faint Substellar Companions Next to Bright Stars with the NIRSpec Integral Field Unit
The Astronomical Journal 2024cited by 27position: middledoi
A long-period transiting substellar companion in the super-Jupiters to brown dwarfs mass regime and a prototypical warm-Jupiter detected by TESS
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2024cited by 13position: middledoi
The Pandora SmallSat: multiwavelength characterization of exoplanets and their host stars
2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H
Nature 2023cited by 246position: middledoi
Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS
Nature 2023cited by 211position: middledoi
Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam
Nature 2023cited by 181position: middledoi
In-orbit Performance of the Near-infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2023cited by 174position: middledoi
Atmospheric Reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b with JWST/NIRISS: Evidence for Strong Stellar Contamination in the Transmission Spectra
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 158position: middledoi
A broadband thermal emission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18b
Nature 2023cited by 133position: middledoi
The effect of stellar contamination on low-resolution transmission spectroscopy: needs identified by NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Study Analysis Group 21
RAS Techniques and Instruments 2023cited by 85position: middledoi
JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 81position: middledoi
The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. I. Instrument Overview and In-flight Performance
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2023cited by 75position: middledoi
Awesome SOSS: transmission spectroscopy of WASP-96b with NIRISS/SOSS
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 69position: middledoi
Awesome SOSS: atmospheric characterization of WASP-96 b using the JWST early release observations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 52position: middledoi
Characterizing the Near-infrared Spectra of Flares from TRAPPIST-1 during JWST Transit Spectroscopy Observations
The Astrophysical Journal 2023cited by 50position: middledoi
The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. III. Single Object Slitless Spectroscopy
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2023cited by 48position: middledoi
Spectroscopic Time Series Performance of the Mid-infrared Instrument on the JWST
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2023cited by 45position: middledoi
A temperate Earth-sized planet with tidal heating transiting an M6 star
Nature 2023cited by 33position: middledoi
TOI-2525 b and c: A Pair of Massive Warm Giant Planets with Strong Transit Timing Variations Revealed by TESS*
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 28position: middledoi
JWST NIRCam Defocused Imaging: Photometric Stability Performance and How It Can Sense Mirror Tilts
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2023cited by 21position: middledoi
TOI-199 b: A Well-characterized 100 day Transiting Warm Giant Planet with TTVs Seen from Antarctica
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
Three Long-period Transiting Giant Planets from TESS*
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 19position: middledoi
Three Warm Jupiters around Solar-analog Stars Detected with TESS*
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 13position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Andrés Jordán · University of California, Riverside8 papers (2016–2022)Benjamin V. Rackham · University of Arizona8 papers (2017–2023)Dániel Apai · University of Arizona7 papers (2017–2022) · 6 papers (2017–2022)Mercedes López‐Morales · Arizona State University6 papers (2017–2022)Nikole K. Lewis · Cornell University6 papers (2017–2024)René Doyon · California Institute of Technology5 papers (2022–2023) · 5 papers (2022–2023)Michael Radica · University of Chicago5 papers (2022–2023)Chima McGruder · University of Tennessee at Knoxville4 papers (2018–2022)Björn Benneke · Montreal Clinical Research Institute4 papers (2022–2023) · 4 papers (2018–2022)Caroline Piaulet · University of Chicago4 papers (2022–2023)Louis-Philippe Coulombe · Princeton University4 papers (2022–2023) · 4 papers (2017–2021)Jonathan J. Fortney · University of California System4 papers (2017–2022)Nicolas B. Cowan · McGill University Health Centre4 papers (2022–2023)Jake Taylor · University of Colorado Boulder4 papers (2022–2023)Doug Johnstone · Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics3 papers (2022–2023)Alex Bixel · University of Arizona3 papers (2018–2021)