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Year: 2019

Farewell to the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

December 30, 2019 naivpl

The NASA Astrobiology Program has announced a bold new structure to mobilize the astrobiology community towards both impacting future NASA…

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Jacob Lustig-Yaeger Gives Invited Talk at AGU Fall Meeting 2019

December 20, 2019 Daniel Larsen

Graduate Student Jacob Lustig-Yaeger (University of Washington) presented an invited talk on “The Era of Terrestrial Exoplanet Characterization” at the…

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Posted in: Conferences, Events, Featured, Research, Task E Filed under: AAS, AGU, Conferences, Exoplanet Characterization, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, JWST

VPL Papers cited as High Impact Articles for Astrobiology’s December 2019 Issue

December 11, 2019 naivpl

The December edition of the journal Astrobiology is focused largely on Hot Springs and features two papers from VPL team…

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Climates of Distant Terrestrial Worlds

November 27, 2019 Daniel Larsen

VPL scientist Aomawa Shields’ recent paper on the Energy Budgets for Terrestrial Extrasolar Planets was featured in a AAS Nova…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Research, Task C Filed under: Aomawa Shields, Climate Models, M-Dwarf

Victoria Meadows Named Chair of the Panel on Exoplanets, Astrobiology, and the Solar System for Astro2020 Decadal Survey

September 5, 2019 Daniel Larsen

UWAB Director and PI for the Virtual Planetary Lab research group, Victoria Meadows, was just announced as the chair of…

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James Webb Space Telescope Could Begin Learning About TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres in a Single Year, Study Indicates

August 15, 2019 Daniel Larsen

New research from VPL Team members Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Andrew Lincowski, and their faculty advisor Dr. Victoria Meadows, recently published in…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task C, Task E

VPL Team Members Publish Clue to Origins of Life

August 12, 2019 naivpl Leave a comment

In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Virtual Planetary Lab (VPL) team…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Research, Task D

Astronomy On Tap: Kim Bott

July 24, 2019 naivpl

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Posted in: Events Filed under: Astronomy on Tap, EPO, Kim Bott

Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist

July 17, 2019 Daniel Larsen

VPL Scientist Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz (Adler Planetarium) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz is…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task C Filed under: Addler Planetarium, Ask an Astrobiologist, Interview, Lucianne Walkowicz, NASA Astrobiology, SAGANet

Astronomy On Tap: Brett Morris

May 22, 2019 naivpl

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Posted in: Events Filed under: Astronomy on Tap, Brett Morris, EPO

Astronomy On Tap: Brett Morris

March 27, 2019 naivpl

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Astronomy On Tap: Mike Wong

February 22, 2019 naivpl

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