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Tag: UW News

Astronomers Document the Rise and Fall of a Rarely Observed Stellar Dance

January 19, 2021 Daniel Larsen

VPL Team member, and recent graduate from the University of Washington Astrobiology Program, Diana Windemuth (PhD Astronomy & Astrobiology, 2020),…

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Posted in: Conferences, Featured, Research, Task E Filed under: AAS, Binary Stars, Diana Windemuth, James Davenport, UW News

Earth’s Cousins: Upcoming Missions to Look for ‘Biosignatures’ in the Atmospheres of Nearby Worlds

February 20, 2020 Daniel Larsen

Primary Investigator for the Virtual Planetary Lab research group, Professor Victoria Meadows, gave an invited presentation this past weekend at…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Media Filed under: AAAS, UW News, Victoria Meadows

Tiny, Ancient Meteorites Suggest Early Earth’s Atmosphere was Rich in Carbon Dioxide

January 27, 2020 Daniel Larsen

University of Washington graduate student and VPL collaborator Owen Lehmer, was the lead author of a new paper recently published…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task B Filed under: David Catling, Early Earth, Owen Lehmer, Publication, Roger Buick, Science Advances, UW News, UWAB

New Research Finds Life Could Have Emerged from Lakes with High Phosphorus

January 7, 2020 Daniel Larsen

VPL co-investigator David Catling (UW) and collaborator Jonathan Toner (UW) recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National…

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Posted in: Featured, Media, Task D Filed under: David Catling, Jonathon Toner, Origin of Life, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Publication, UW News

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