{"id":50,"date":"2026-04-08T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstee.iaa.es\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:01:14","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thirstee.iaa.es\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What we do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THIRSTEE is a ground-breaking project focusing on sub-Neptunes, a class of planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sub-Neptunes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our work combines transit photometry and high-precision radial-velocity observations to determine the masses, compositions, and architectures of planetary systems, with the goal of understanding the origin and nature of the most common planets in the Galaxy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What THIRSTEE stands for?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tracking Hydrates In Refined Sub-neptunes to Tackle their Emergence and Evolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where is the research group based?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

THIRSTEE is based at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA), a center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How is it funded?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

THIRSTEE is fully funded by an European Research Council<\/em>‘s HORIZON Starting Grant (2026-2030).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How we do it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A multi-technique approach combining transit, radial velocity and atmospheric characterisation data with a novel statistical framework that accounts for observational biases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Check our team’s papers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

rluque@iaa.es<\/p>\n\n\n\n