Publications

[44] Direct Detection of Silicate Clouds in an Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-like Star, Hoch, K.K.W., Rowland, M.J., et al., including Moran, S.E., Nature, accepted April 2025

[43] JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of TOI-776c, a 2 REarth M Dwarf Planet, Teske, J. and Batalha, N.E. and 17 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Astronomical Journal, in press, 2025.

[42] JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of the Super-Earth TOI-776b, Alderson, L., Moran, S.E., et al., Astronomical Journal, 169 (142), [14]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/adad64. 2025.

[41] The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems III: Aperture Masking Interferometric Observations of the star HIP 65426 at 3.8 um, Ray, S. Sallum, S., and 109 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2025.

[40] The HUSTLE Program: The UV to Near-infrared HST WFC3/UVIS G280 Transmission Spectrum of WASP-127b, Boehm, V.A., Lewis, N.K., Fairman, C.E., Moran, S.E., et al., Astronomical Journal, 169 (1), [23]. DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ad8dde. 2025.

[39] JWST COMPASS: The First Near- to Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of the Hot Super-Earth L 168-9b, Alam, M.K., Gao, P, and 15 coauthors including Moran, S.E. Astronomical Journal, 169 (1) [15]. DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ad8eb5. 2025.

[38] Neglected Silicon Dioxide Polymorph Clouds in Substellar Atmospheres Moran, S.E., Marley, M.S.,  Crossley, S.D. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 973, L3 (1). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad72e7. 2024.

[37] Aggregate Cloud Particle Effects in Exoplanet Atmospheres Vahidinia, S. and Moran, S.E., Marley, M.S., Cuzzi, J.N. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 136 (8), DOI:10.1088/1538-3873/ad6cf2. 2024. 

[36] JWST COMPASS: The 3-5 Micron Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth L 98-59 c, Scarsdale, N., Wogan, N., and 15 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Astronomical Journal, 168 (6), [276]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad73cf. 2024.

[35] Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum Schlawin, E., Mukherjee, S., and 17 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Astronomical Journal, 168 (104), [3]. DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ad58e0. 2024.

[34] A Benchmark JWST Near-Infrared Spectrum for the Exoplanet WASP-39b Carter, A.L. and May, E.M., and 77 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Nature Astronomy, DOI:10.1038/s41550-024-02292-x. 2024.

[33] JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Spectrum of the Sub-Neptune TOI-836c Wallack, N.L., Batalha, N.E., and 14 coauthors including Moran, S.E., Astronomical Journal, 168 (2), [77]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad3917. 2024.

[32] JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of the Super-Earth TOI 836b Alderson, L., Batalha, N.E., and 14 coauthors including Moran, S.E. Astronomical Journal, 167 (5), [216]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad32c9. 2024.

[31] The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems. IV. NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned Sallum, S. Ray, S., Kammerer, J., and 108 coauthors including Moran, S.E. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 963 (1), [L2]. DOI:10.3847/2041-3213/ad21fb. 2024.

[30] JWST/NIRCam Spectroscopy of the nearby sub-Earth GJ 341b Kirk, J., Stevenson, K., Fu, G., Lustig-Yaeger, J., Moran, S.E., et al. Astronomical Journal, 167 (3), [90]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad19df. 2024.

[29] The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems V: Do Self-Consistent Atmospheric Models Represent JWST Spectra? A Showcase with VHS 1256b Petrus, S., Whiteford, N., Patapis, P., and 108 coauthors, including Moran, S.E. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 966 (1), [L11]. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad3e7c. 2024.

[28] Sulphur Dioxide in the Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b Powell, D. Feinstein, A.D., Lee, E.K.H., and 70 coauthors, including Moran, S.E. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07040-9. 2024.

[27] Double Trouble: Two Transits of the Super-Earth GJ 1132 b Observed with JWST NIRSpec G395H May, E. M. and MacDonald, R. J., Bennett, K. A., Moran, S.E., et al., (18 additional coauthors), Astrophysical Journal Letters, DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad054f. 2023.

[26] Molecular screening with liquid chromatography coupled to ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry: Chromatographic methods and data treatment for application to complex organic matter in astrophysical materials, Wolters, C., Vuitton, V., Orthous-Daunay, F.-R., Flandinet, L., He, C., Moran, S.E., Hörst, S.M. American Chemical Society - Earth and Space Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00069. 2023.

[25] Optical Properties of Organic Haze Analogues in Water-rich Exoplanet Atmospheres Observable with JWST, He, C., Radke, M.J., Moran, S.E., Hörst, S.M., Lewis, N.K., Moses, J.I., Batalha, N.E., Kempton, E.M.-R., Marley, M.S., Morley, C.V., Valenti, J.A., Vuitton, V., Nature Astronomy, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-02140-4. 2024.

[24] Awesome SOSS: Transmission Spectroscopy of WASP-96b with NIRISS/SOSS, Radica, M., Welbanks, L., Espinoza, N., Taylor, J., and 29 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 1 [835-856]. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1762. 2023.

[23] A JWST Transmission Spectrum of a Nearby Earth-Sized Exoplanet, Lustig-Yaeger, J., Fu, G., May, E.M., Ortiz Ceballos, K.N., Moran, S.E., et al. (18 additional coauthors), Nature Astronomy. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-02064-z. 2023.

[22] High Tide or Rip-Tide on the Cosmic Shoreline? A Water-Rich Atmosphere or Stellar Contamination on GJ 486b from JWST Observations, Moran, S.E. and Stevenson, K.B., Sing, D.K., MacDonald, R.J., et al. (19 additional coauthors), Astrophysical Journal Letters, 948, [L11]. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/accb9c. 2023.

[21]  Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam, Ahrer, E.-M., Stevenson, K.B., Mansfield, M., Moran, S.E., et al. (95 additional coauthors), Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05590-4. 2023. 

[20] Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS, Feinstein, A.D., Radica, M., Welbanks, L., and 86 coauthors, including Moran, S.E. , Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05674-1. 2023. 

[19] Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H, Alderson, L., Wakeford, H.R., Alam, M.K., and 89 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05591-3. 2023.

[18]  Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM, Rustamkulov, Z., Sing, D.K., Mukherjee, S., and 91 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05677-y. 2023. 

[17]  Photochemically-produced SO2 in the Atmosphere of WASP-39b, Tsai, S.-M., Lee, E. K. H., Powell, D., and 82 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Nature, DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-05902-2. 2023. 

[16] The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b, Miles, B.E., Biller, B.A., Patapis, and 107 coauthors including Moran, S.E. (Tier 1 contributor), Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946 (1), [L6]. DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/acb04a. 2023. 

[15] The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2 - 16 microns, Carter, A., Hinkley, S., Kammerer, J., and 107 coauthors including Moran, S.E. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951, [L20]. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/acd93e. 2023.

[14] Identification of Carbon Dioxide in an Exoplanet Atmosphere, JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team (127 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Tier 1 contributor), Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05269-w. 2022. 

[13] HST/WFC3 transmission spectroscopy of the cold rocky planet TRAPPIST-1h, Garcia, L.J., Moran, S.E., Rackham, B.V., Wakeford, H.R., Gillon, M., de Wit, J., Lewis, N.K., Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142603. 2022.

[12] Triton Haze Analogues: the Role of Carbon Monoxide in Haze Formation,  Moran, S.E., Hörst, S. M., He, C., Radke, M.J., Izenberg, N.R., Sebree, J. A., Vuitton, V., Flandinet, L., Orthous-Daunay, F.-R., Wolters, C.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets,  127 (1). DOI: 10.1029/2021JE006984. 2022.

[11] Neptune Odyssey: A Flagship Concept for the Exploration of the Neptune-Triton System, Rymer, A.M., Runyon, K.D., Clyde, B. and 69 coauthors including Moran, S.E. Planetary Science Journal, 2 (5) (Special Issue, Planetary Decadal Mission Concept Studies), DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/abf654. 2021. 

[10] Haze Evolution in Temperate Exoplanet Atmospheres through Surface Energy Measurements, Yu, X., Zhang, X., Hörst, S.M., He, C., Dymont, A. H., McGuiggan, P., Lewis, N.K., Moses,   J.I., Fortney, J.J., Gao, P., Kempton, E.M.-R., Moran, S.E., Morley, C.V., Powell, D., Valenti, J.A., Vuitton, V. Nature Astronomy 5, 822-831. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-021-01375-3. 2021. 

[9] L 98-59: a Benchmark System of Small Planets for Future Atmospheric Characterization, Pidhorodetska, D., Moran, S.E., Schwieterman, E.W., Fauchez, T.J., Barclay, T.F., Quintana, E.V., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Lewis, N.K., Villanueva, G.L., Schlieder, J.E., Gilbert, E.A., Kostov, V.B. Astrophysical Journal, 162 (4), [169]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac1171. 2021. 

[8] Aerosols in Exoplanet Atmospheres, Gao, P., Wakeford, H.R., Moran, S.E., Parmentier, V. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 126 (4) (Invited Review for Special Issue, "Exoplanets: the Nexus of Astronomy and Geoscience").  DOI: 10.1029/2020JE006655. 2021. 

[7] H2SO4 and Organosulfur Compounds in Laboratory Analogue Aerosols of Warm High Metallicity Exoplanet Atmospheres, Vuitton, V., Moran, S.E., He, C., Wolters, C., Flandinet, L., Orthous-Daunay, F.-R., Moses, J. I., Valenti, J.A., Lewis, N.K., Hörst, S.M. Planetary Science Journal, 2 (2). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/abc558. 2021. 

[6] Chemistry of Temperate Super-Earth and Mini-Neptune Atmospheric Hazes from Laboratory Experiments, Moran, S.E., Hörst, S.M., Vuitton, V., He, C., Lewis, N.K., Flandinet, L., Moses, J.I., North, N., Orthous-Daunay, F.-R., Sebree, J., Wolters, C., M-R. Kempton, E., Marley, M.S., Morley, C.V., Valenti, J.A. Planetary Science Journal, 1 (17). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ab8eae. 2020.

[5] Sulfur-driven Haze Formation in Warm CO2-rich Exoplanet Atmospheres, He, C., Hörst, S.M., Lewis, N.K., Yu, X., Moses, J.I., McGuiggan, P., Marley, M.S., Kempton, E. M.-R., Moran, S.E., Morley, C.V., Vuitton, V. Nature Astronomy 4, 986–993. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-1072-9. 2020.

[4] The L 98-59 System: Three Transiting, Terrestrial-size Planets Orbiting a Nearby M Dwarf, Kostov, V.B., Schlieder, J.E., Barclay, T., and 112 coauthors, including Moran, S.E., Astronomical Journal, 158 (1), [32]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab2459. 2019. 

[3] Disentangling the planet from the star in late type M dwarfs: A case study of TRAPPIST-1g, Wakeford, H.R., Lewis, N.K., Fowler, J., Bruno, G., Wilson, T.J., Moran, S.E. (atmospheric theory lead), Valenti, J., Batalha, N.E., Filippazzo, J., Bourrier, V., Hörst, S.M., Lederer, S.M., de Wit, J. Astronomical Journal, 157 (1), [11]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aaf04d. 2019.

[2] Limits on Clouds and Hazes for the TRAPPIST-1 Planets, Moran, S.E., Hörst, S.M., Batalha, N.E., Lewis, N.K., Wakeford, H.R. Astronomical Journal, 156 (6), [252]. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aae83a (Research Highlight in Nature Astronomy; Research Highlight in AAS Nova). 2018.

[1] The Composite Spectrum of Boss Quasars Selected for Studies of the Lyα Forest. Harris, D. W., et. al. (including Moran, S.E.), Astronomical Journal, 151 (6), [155]. DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/155. 2016.