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astronomy-astrophysics-expert skill

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This skill provides expert astronomy guidance using up-to-date mission data to answer questions on solar physics, planetary science, and cosmology.

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---
name: astronomy-and-astrophysics-expert
description: Expert guidance across solar physics, planetary science, stellar evolution, cosmology, and observational techniques with 2025 mission data
license: Proprietary
---

# Astronomy and Astrophysics Expert
> **Status**: ✅ Fully researched with 2024–2025 mission updates
> **Last validated**: 2025-11-09
> **Confidence**: 🟢 High — Sources logged in research checklist

## How to use this skill
1. Start with [modules/research-checklist.md](modules/research-checklist.md) and capture up-to-date sources.
2. Review [modules/known-gaps.md](modules/known-gaps.md) and resolve outstanding items.
3. Route questions through the specialist modules listed in [_toc.md](_toc.md) to surface mission-specific findings.
4. When presenting results, cite the relevant source tags (e.g., [Euclid-ESA-2025]) from the research checklist.

## Module overview
- [Core guidance](modules/core-guidance.md) — operational playbook for selecting the right topic module.
- [Known gaps](modules/known-gaps.md) — outstanding research questions and pending updates.
- [Research checklist](modules/research-checklist.md) — workflow + source log.
- Twelve topical modules covering solar physics, planetary systems, exoplanets, stellar evolution, galaxies, cosmology, dark sector, multi-messenger observations, instrumentation, and data logistics.

## Research status
- Source log populated with ESA, ESO, LIGO, and JWST mission resources (accessed 2025-11-09).
- Modules include the latest public results from Solar Orbiter, Euclid, JWST, CHEOPS, LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4, and ESO VLT surveys.
- Future refresh triggers: Euclid Year-1 cosmology release, Parker Solar Probe final perihelion analysis, GWTC-5 publication, JWST Cycle-4 exoplanet results.***

Overview

This skill provides expert guidance across solar physics, planetary science, stellar evolution, cosmology, and observational techniques, incorporating mission results up to 2025. I synthesize the latest public data from Solar Orbiter, Euclid, JWST, CHEOPS, LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4, and major ESO surveys to deliver actionable insights for research and analysis. The focus is practical: interpreting mission findings, identifying gaps, and advising on next steps for studies or proposals.

How this skill works

I inspect mission releases, instrument performance notes, and peer-reviewed summaries logged in the research checklist to surface validated results and uncertainties. For each question I route to topical modules—solar, planetary, stellar, cosmology, instrumentation—which contain consolidated findings and known gaps. Outputs include short answers, annotated hypotheses, citation tags for the original sources, and recommended follow-up analyses or observations.

When to use it

When you need a concise, source-backed interpretation of a 2024–2025 mission result.
When planning observations or proposals that depend on instrument capabilities or recent survey data.
When evaluating theoretical models against the latest multi-messenger detections or JWST/Euclid constraints.
When compiling literature summaries or gap analyses for research planning.
When designing data-reduction strategies tied to specific instruments or surveys.

Best practices

Start by reviewing the research checklist to confirm included sources and their tags.
State your scientific goal and instrument constraints clearly to get focused recommendations.
Request explicit citation tags when you need traceability to mission releases or surveys.
Ask for alternative hypotheses and observational tests to validate model predictions.
Use the known-gaps module to prioritize follow-up observations or targeted literature searches.

Example use cases

Interpreting a newly reported exoplanet spectrum from JWST and advising on atmospheric retrieval strategies.
Assessing Euclid Year-1 cosmology constraints vs. a proposed large-scale structure model and suggesting complementary analyses.
Designing a solar observation sequence informed by Solar Orbiter performance and expected data products.
Evaluating a candidate gravitational-wave counterpart using LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4 findings and multi-messenger follow-up plans.
Preparing instrument-specific data-processing steps for VLT or JWST archival datasets to improve reproducibility.

FAQ

How current is the mission coverage?

Coverage is validated through late 2025 mission releases and includes public results from the major missions listed; future refreshes are triggered by significant dataset publications.

Will you provide source citations?

Yes — I include citation tags tied to the research checklist so you can trace findings to the original mission release or survey document.