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Year: 2018

Astronomy On Tap: Josh Krissansen-Totton

November 28, 2018 naivpl

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Posted in: Events Filed under: Astronomy on Tap, EPO, Josh Krissansen-Totton

VPL Continues to Search for Life in the Great Beyond with the support of a NASA NExSS Grant 

November 14, 2018 Daniel Larsen

The College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington covered a story on Searching for Life in the Great…

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Posted in: Featured, Media Filed under: Interview, Victoria Meadows

Modeled Climates and Spectra for Possible Evolved Climates for the Seven-Planet TRAPPIST-1 System 

November 1, 2018 Daniel Larsen

(The Astrophysical Journal, 2018)

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Posted in: Featured, Task C, Task E Filed under: Andrew Lincowski, David Crisp, Giada Arney, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Rodrigo Luger, Tyler Robinson, Victoria Meadows

Astronomy On Tap: Rudy Garcia

October 24, 2018 naivpl

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Posted in: Events Filed under: Astronomy on Tap, EPO, Rudy Garcia

Will We Know Life When We See It? 

June 25, 2018 Daniel Larsen

“A group of leading researchers in astronomy, biology and geology have come together under NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, or…

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Posted in: Featured Filed under: Andrew Lincowski, David Catling, Giada Arney, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Josh Krissansen-Totton, Nancy Kiang, Rodrigo Luger, Rory Barnes, Russell Deitrick, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Tyler Robinson, Victoria Meadows

Joining the Microscope and the Telescope in the Search for Life Beyond Earth 

May 30, 2018 Daniel Larsen

NASA Ames Research Scientist Niki Parenteau and NASA Goddard Civil Servant Giada Arney were recently featured in a Many Worlds article. Parenteau and Arney explain the…

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Posted in: Featured, Task B, Task D

VPL Principal Investigator Victoria Meadows Receives the Drake Award 

May 4, 2018 Daniel Larsen

The SETI Institute’s prestigious award is named for Dr. Frank Drake, the pioneering astronomer who founded the modern field of experimental searches…

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Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist

March 21, 2018 Daniel Larsen

VPL Scientist Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA GSFC) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! Dr. Domagal-Goldman is a…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task B, Task C, Task D Filed under: Ask an Astrobiologist, Interview, NASA Astrobiology, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SAGANet

Watery Worlds: UW Astronomer Eric Agol Assists in New Findings of TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System

February 5, 2018 Daniel Larsen

Recent work by Virtual Planetary Laboratory researcher, Eric Agol (University of Washington), has been highlighted in a UW News Article…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task E Filed under: Eric Agol

Dr. Sean Raymond Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist

January 26, 2018 Daniel Larsen

VPL Scientist Dr. Sean Raymond (Université de Bordeaux) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! Dr. Raymond’s research…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task C Filed under: Ask an Astrobiologist, Interview, NASA Astrobiology, SAGANet, Sean Raymond, Université de Bordeaux

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