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02/19/2021
How to Weigh an Exoplanet: Ask the Astronomers Live! MORE>
02/16/2021
To Find an Extraterrestrial Civilization, Pollution Could Be the Solution MORE>
02/11/2021
Tyler Robinson Receives 2021 Cottrell Scholar Award MORE>
01/22/2021
The 7 Rocky Planets Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 May be Made of Similar Stuff MORE>
01/20/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher Position Open at University of Washington with VPL Researcher David Catling MORE>
01/19/2021
Astronomers Document the Rise and Fall of a Rarely Observed Stellar Dance MORE>
01/07/2021
VPL Team Members part of Alternative Earths Team at UCR Awarded $4.6M for NASA ICAR Grant MORE>
12/28/2020
If a Planet Has a Lot of Methane in its Atmosphere, Life is the Most Likely Cause MORE>
12/22/2020
How the First Life on Earth Survived its Biggest Threat — Water MORE>
12/09/2020
Dr. Michael Wong Featured in NExSS Newsletter Interview MORE>
11/25/2020
Dr. Melissa Trainer Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist MORE>
11/05/2020
Dr. Sarah Keller Named as a Fellow of the Biophysical Society! MORE>
10/29/2020
Keller Lab Publication takes the Cover of ChemBioChem MORE>
10/15/2020
Dr. Ravi Kopparapu Awarded NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal! MORE>
10/08/2020
Giada Arney Appointed as Member of the Panel on Venus for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey! MORE>
10/06/2020
Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Science Series MORE>
09/30/2020
Dr. Ravi Kopparapu Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist MORE>
09/24/2020
TRAPPIST Habitable Atmospheres Intercomparison Workshop (THAI) MORE>
09/01/2020
Giada Arney Highlighted by NASA for Women’s Equality Day MORE>
08/24/2020
Diana Windemuth Earns Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology from the University of Washington MORE>
08/22/2020
Planetary Astrobiology, Edited by Vikki Meadows & Giada Arney, Now Available! MORE>
08/12/2020
Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist MORE>
07/14/2020
Bill Sparks ExoBiology Proposal Selected MORE>
06/16/2020
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger Earns Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology from the University of Washington MORE>
06/16/2020
Dr. Eddie Schwieterman Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist MORE>
06/04/2020
Owen Lehmer Earns Dual-Title PhD in Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology from the University of Washington! MORE>
05/18/2020
Ocean Circulation May Hold the Key to Finding Life on Exoplanets MORE>
04/30/2020
David Fleming Earns PhD in Astronomy from the University of Washington MORE>
04/01/2020
Dr. Colin Goldblatt Featured on Ask and Astrobiologist MORE>
03/08/2020
Exoplanets in Our Backyard Workshop MORE>
02/27/2020
Andrew Lincowski Earns Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology from University of Washington! MORE>
02/20/2020
Earth’s Cousins: Upcoming Missions to Look for ‘Biosignatures’ in the Atmospheres of Nearby Worlds MORE>
01/27/2020
Tiny, Ancient Meteorites Suggest Early Earth’s Atmosphere was Rich in Carbon Dioxide MORE>
01/07/2020
New Research Finds Life Could Have Emerged from Lakes with High Phosphorus MORE>
09/05/2019
Victoria Meadows Named Chair of the Panel on Exoplanets, Astrobiology, and the Solar System for Astro2020 Decadal Survey MORE>
08/12/2019
VPL Team Members Publish Clue to Origins of Life MORE>
11/14/2018
VPL Continues to Search for Life in the Great Beyond with the support of a NASA NExSS Grant MORE>
11/01/2018
Modeled Climates and Spectra for Possible Evolved Climates for the Seven-Planet TRAPPIST-1 System MORE>
06/25/2018
Will We Know Life When We See It? MORE>
05/30/2018
Joining the Microscope and the Telescope in the Search for Life Beyond Earth MORE>
05/04/2018
VPL Principal Investigator Victoria Meadows Receives the Drake Award MORE>
08/12/2017
Rodrigo Luger earns his PhD! MORE>
07/01/2017
Lupita Tovar featured in UW A&S Newsletter! MORE>
06/24/2017
Interactive VPL Spectral Explorer now Available! MORE>
06/16/2017
Sonny Harman and Natasha Batalha graduate with PhDs! Congratulations!! MORE>
06/15/2017
Welcome to the team: Guadalupe Tovar and Benjamin Hayworth! MORE>
06/08/2017
VPL UW Graduate Students David Fleming and Andrew Lincowski win NASA fellowships MORE>
05/22/2017
Reflections on O2 as a Biosignature by Dr. Meadows MORE>
05/22/2017
Weathering of rocks a poor regulator of global temperatures MORE>
05/19/2017
On the improbability of our existence around our sun MORE>
05/08/2017
Eric Agol wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship! MORE>
05/05/2017
Congratulations! Tyler Robinson to become Assistant Professor at NAU! MORE>
04/29/2017
VPL team has strong presence at AbSciCon 2017 MORE>
03/30/2017
Peter Gao’s received the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy! MORE>
03/18/2017
Mission: Find Life opens at Pacific Science Center MORE>
01/03/2017
VPL hosts workshop at AAS Meeting MORE>
11/01/2016
Giada Arney to become a NASA Civil Servant! MORE>
10/28/2016
VPL welcomes Jade Checlair to the team MORE>
10/01/2016
David Crisp awarded prestigious NASA Medal! MORE>
09/08/2016
Peter Gao defends thesis MORE>
08/19/2016
Eddie Schwieterman begins NPP at UC Riverside MORE>
07/02/2016
Alien Earths Science on Sphere premiers! MORE>
07/01/2016
Eva Stueeken and Mike Kipp present at Goldschmidt MORE>
06/27/2016
Niki Parenteau and Nancy Kiang interviewed for documentary MORE>
06/22/2016
Congratulations to recent VPL NPPs! MORE>
06/22/2016
The outer edge of the habitable zone is affected by limits on CO2 outgassing rates MORE>
06/22/2016
"Limit Cycles" can reduce the width of the habitable zone MORE>
06/22/2016
VPL members comment on ancient air caught by shooting stars MORE>
06/22/2016
Jacob Haqq-Misra joins Far Infrared Surveyor team MORE>
06/06/2016
PNAS Habitable Zone feature includes VPL scientists MORE>
05/12/2016
Early earth's air pressure was less than half of today's MORE>
05/12/2016
Congratulations to Shawn Domagal-Goldman! MORE>
04/22/2016
Congratulations to Rory Barnes! MORE>
03/31/2016
Congratulations to new members of NASA STDTs! MORE>
03/31/2016
Dry planets help weed out false positive biosignatures MORE>
02/29/2016
Hints from selenium isotopes on the end-Permian mass extinction MORE>
02/24/2016
Congratulations to Aomawa Shields! MORE>
02/19/2016
Geothermal heating enhances atmospheric asymmetries on synchronously rotating planets MORE>
02/19/2016
Water clouds do not cool planets around low mass stars as much as previously believed MORE>
02/19/2016
Dead or Alive? New ways to sniff out imposter biosignatures MORE>
02/17/2016
Rare and abundant microbial lineages in deep-sea hydrothermal vents MORE>
02/17/2016
The global selenium cycle MORE>
02/17/2016
A whiff of ancient oxygen supported by selenium isotopes MORE>
02/03/2016
The unusual architecture of the υ Andromedae planetary system MORE>
01/25/2016
Abiotic oxygen on exoplanets spells trouble for life-detection MORE>
12/07/2015
Is the pale blue dot unique? MORE>
10/31/2015
Simulations of Exotic Clouds on Exoplanet GJ 1214b MORE>
10/14/2015
Where to look for life? MORE>
09/30/2015
Sheltered by the magnetic cocoon MORE>
09/04/2015
The Center of Light: Detecting Exomoons MORE>
08/21/2015
Yuk Yung wins Kuiper Prize! MORE>
08/07/2015
Is that really alien life? MORE>
07/30/2015
Collisions could reveal “invisible gas” in exoplanets MORE>
06/10/2015
Atmospheric signs of volcanic activity could aid search for life MORE>
05/07/2015
Searching for Alien Biosignatures: Non-Photosynthetic Organisms May Produce Novel Signatures of Life on Exoplanets MORE>
05/06/2015
Earliest evidence for microbial nitrogen fixation at 3.2 billion years ago MORE>
04/22/2015
VPL Joins the NExSS Exoplanet Research Network MORE>
02/12/2015
Stars May Change Mini-Neptunes into Habitable Planets MORE>
02/10/2015
New Venus Studies Probe the Dynamic Atmosphere Below the Clouds and Reveal the Complexities of Hazy Worlds MORE>
12/01/2014
Too Hot To Handle: Planets in the Habitable Zones of Low Mass Stars May Be Roasted Early On MORE>
07/22/2014
Earth's Glacial Cycles Might Be Influenced by Human Activity MORE>
06/11/2014
VPL Featured in The Atlantic MORE>
05/27/2014
Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets MORE>
04/17/2014
First Earth-Sized Planet in the Habitable Zone Discovered MORE>
04/16/2014
"Tilt-A-Worlds" Could Be Potentially Habitable MORE>
03/07/2014
VPL Researchers Devise New Method for Understanding Exoplanet Atmospheres MORE>
12/08/2013
New Research Reveals Temperature Rule for Planetary Atmospheres MORE>
11/24/2013
Greenhouse Gas May Explain Liquid Water on Early Mars MORE>
07/29/2013
New Estimates for the Probability of a Runaway Greenhouse MORE>
07/29/2013
Natural Affinity May Have Facilitated the Formation of Protocells MORE>
07/18/2013
Research Shows "Snowball" Planets Are Less Likely Around Cooler Stars MORE>
06/20/2013
VPL Researcher Finds Three New 'Super-Earths' in the Habitable Zone MORE>
04/19/2013
VPL Researcher Eric Agol Discovers Most Earth-like Exoplanet to Date MORE>
01/27/2013
VPL Researcher Rory Barnes's work on Exomoons Featured in Astrobiology MORE>
11/20/2012
UWAB Graduate Student Explores Life at High Altitudes MORE>
09/24/2012
How the Land Was Won 2.75 Billion Years Ago: New UWAB/VPL Research MORE>
09/13/2012
VPL Researchers Explore The Sun's History MORE>
09/05/2012
VPL Team Selected to Rejoin the NASA Astrobiology Institute MORE>
07/23/2012
VPL Research on Biosignatures Highlighted in Scientific American MORE>
06/15/2012
Virtual Planetary Laboratory Launches New Website MORE>
06/04/2012
Public Lecture - Transit of Venus MORE>
06/02/2012
Seattle Science Expo Day! MORE>
05/31/2012
VPL Researcher Provides Insights & Commentary on Current Issues in Astrobiology MORE>
05/25/2012
VPL Research Scientist Rory Barnes Featured in Astrobiology Magazine for his work on Tidal Venuses MORE>
03/28/2012
VPL Team Members Use Fossilized Raindrop Imprints to Explore Earth's Ancient Environment MORE>
03/18/2012
Researchers from VPL Uncover the Ingredients of Earth's Ancient Atmosphere MORE>
08/20/2011
VPL Researcher Suggests Gas Giants may have Significantly Migrated within Our Solar System MORE>