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Category: Featured

Giada Arney to become a NASA Civil Servant! 

November 1, 2016 Daniel Larsen

Giada Arney will start in her new position as a NASA Civil Servant Space Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center.…

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VPL welcomes Jade Checlair to the team 

October 28, 2016 Daniel Larsen

Jade Checlair is a new graduate student at the University of Chicago working with Dorian Abbot

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David Crisp awarded prestigious NASA Medal! 

October 1, 2016 Daniel Larsen

David Crisp was awarded an NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for contributions to radiative transfer advances used across planetary and earth…

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Peter Gao defends thesis 

September 8, 2016 Daniel Larsen

Peter Gao has defended his thesis titled “Clouds and Hazes in Planetary Atmospheres” as part of the requirements for his PhD…

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Eddie Schwieterman begins NPP at UC Riverside 

August 19, 2016 Daniel Larsen

Eddie Schwieterman began his NASA Postdoctoral Program Appointment at the University of California, Riverside with Dr. Tim Lyons of the NAI-Alternative…

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Alien Earths Science on Sphere premiers! 

July 2, 2016 Daniel Larsen

The Alien Earths Science on Sphere show (the second and final SOS show developed by VPL) is now in regular…

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Eva Stueeken and Mike Kipp present at Goldschmidt 

July 1, 2016 Daniel Larsen

NASA postdoc Eva Stueeken (The Selenium Isotope Perspective on Biogeochemical Events in Deep Time) and NSF GRFP supported graduate student Michael Kipp (Selenium Isotopes…

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Niki Parenteau and Nancy Kiang interviewed for documentary 

June 27, 2016 Daniel Larsen

Niki Parenteau and Nancy Kiang were interviewed for Japan NHK-TV’s “Cosmic Front” science documentary series, for an episode on what life on a…

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The outer edge of the habitable zone is affected by limits on CO2 outgassing rates 

June 22, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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VPL members comment on ancient air caught by shooting stars 

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“Limit Cycles” can reduce the width of the habitable zone 

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Congratulations to recent VPL NPPs! 

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Jacob Haqq-Misra joins Far Infrared Surveyor team 

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PNAS Habitable Zone feature includes VPL scientists 

June 6, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Congratulations to Shawn Domagal-Goldman! 

May 12, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Early earth’s air pressure was less than half of today’s 

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Congratulations to Rory Barnes! 

April 22, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Congratulations to new members of NASA STDTs! 

March 31, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Dry planets help weed out false positive biosignatures 

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Hints from selenium isotopes on the end-Permian mass extinction 

February 29, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Congratulations to Aomawa Shields! 

February 24, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Dead or Alive? New ways to sniff out imposter biosignatures 

February 19, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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Geothermal heating enhances atmospheric asymmetries on synchronously rotating planets 

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Water clouds do not cool planets around low mass stars as much as previously believed 

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A whiff of ancient oxygen supported by selenium isotopes 

February 17, 2016 Daniel Larsen

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