| 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
- Start with modules/research-checklist.md and capture up-to-date sources.
- Review modules/known-gaps.md and resolve outstanding items.
- Route questions through the specialist modules listed in _toc.md to surface mission-specific findings.
- When presenting results, cite the relevant source tags (e.g., [Euclid-ESA-2025]) from the research checklist.
Module overview
- Core guidance — operational playbook for selecting the right topic module.
- Known gaps — outstanding research questions and pending updates.
- Research checklist — 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.***