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Tag: Exoplanets

How to Weigh an Exoplanet: Ask the Astronomers Live!

February 19, 2021 Daniel Larsen

UWAB faculty member Eric Agol and Program Director Victoria Meadows were recently interviewed by Phil LaMarr with the Universe Unplugged:…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Media, Research, Task C, Task E Filed under: Eric Agol, Exoplanets, Interview, Observations, TRAPPIST-1, Universe Unplugged, Victoria Meadows

To Find an Extraterrestrial Civilization, Pollution Could Be the Solution

February 16, 2021 Daniel Larsen

VPL Team members Ravi Kopparapu, Giada Arney, Jacob Haqq-Misra, and Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, recently submitted a new study for publication exploring…

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Posted in: Featured, Task E Filed under: Exoplanet Atmospheres, Exoplanets, Giada Arney, HabEx, Jacob Haqq-Misra, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, LUVOIR, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Publication, Ravi Kopparapu, Technosignatures

Ocean Circulation May Hold the Key to Finding Life on Exoplanets

May 18, 2020 Daniel Larsen

Dorian Abbot and postdoctoral fellow Stephanie Olson’s recent publication “Oceanographic Considerations for Exoplanet Life Detection” has been receiving some press…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Research, Task C Filed under: Dorian Abbot, Exoplanets, Life Detection, Ocean World, Stephanie Olson

Exoplanets in Our Backyard Workshop

March 8, 2020 Miles Currie

The inaugural Exoplanets in Our Backyard conference was held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, TX from February…

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Posted in: Conferences, Events, Featured Filed under: Conferences, ExoPAG, Exoplanets, LPI, Solar System Science, VEXAG, Workshop

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