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Year: 2014

2014 Workshop: Oceanography Aboard the Tommy G. Thompson

December 2, 2014 astrobio

UWAB students Russell Deitrick (Astronomy) and Meg Smith (ESS) attended this year’s workshop, and reported back on their experiences: On a Thursday morning in…

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Too Hot To Handle: Planets in the Habitable Zones of Low Mass Stars May Be Roasted Early On

December 1, 2014 astrobio

UWAB graduate student Rodrigo Luger and Professor Rory Barnes have shown that many terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Rodrigo Luger, Rory Barnes

Where in the World Are Our Astrobiologists? – Fall 2014

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In addition to our Annual Astrobiology Workshop, the UWAB Program encourages, supports, and in many cases organizes educational experiences for…

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Posted in: Newsletter 2014 Filed under: Matt Tilley, Rory Barnes, Russell Deitrick, Victoria Meadows

News From Our Alumni – Fall 2014

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Our list of alumni continues to grow as seven more graduates join the ranks. As of Fall 2014, we are…

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Posted in: Newsletter 2014 Filed under: Aomawa Shields, David J. Smith, Jesse Colangelo-Lillis, Ken Williford, Mark Claire, Nick Cowan, R Eric Collins, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Tyler Robinson

Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Jody Deming

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Fall 2014 By Max ShowalterUW Astrobiology Graduate Student UWAB faculty member Jody Deming has made a living studying life where one…

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Posted in: Newsletter 2014 Filed under: Jody Deming

An Update from our Students – Fall 2014

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By Giada ArneyStudent Representative, UW Astrobiology Steering Group 2014 has been an exciting year for astrobiology.  The number of known exoplanets…

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UWAB 2014 Fall Newsletter

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This year was certainly a productive one for training the next generation of astrobiologists!

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UWAB 2014 Spring Newsletter

June 13, 2014 astrobio

How do we define “life”? This fundamental question has remained largely philosophical,

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VPL Featured in The Atlantic

June 11, 2014 astrobio

An extended article in The Atlantic explores the current state of exoplanet research, and highlights the role of UWAB’s affiliated Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL) in the search for Earth-like planets—featuring commentary by UWAB director Victoria Meadows and Prof. Rory Barnes.

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Posted in: Media Filed under: Rory Barnes, Victoria Meadows, Virtual Planetary Laboratory

Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets

May 27, 2014 astrobio

UWAB alumnus Tyler Robinson and team have discovered that we can learn more about exoplanet atmospheres by observing sunsets on…

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Posted in: Media, Research Filed under: Tyler Robinson

Free Public Lecture — Finding Life (05/22)

May 1, 2014 astrobio

On the evening of Thursday, May 22nd, UW Astrobiology presents Finding Life: On Earth, on Mars, and throughout the Cosmos,…

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Posted in: Graduate Program

“Tilt-A-Worlds” Could Be Potentially Habitable

April 17, 2014 astrobio

UWAB researcher Rory Barnes, alumnus John Armstrong, and collaborators have determined that a fluctuating tilt in a planet’s orbit does…

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Posted in: Media, Research Filed under: John Armstrong, Rory Barnes

Free Public Lecture — The Kepler Mission (04/16)

April 7, 2014 astrobio

UW Astrobiology & The NASA Astrobiology Institute present: The Kepler Mission Exotic Solar Systems on the Path to Earth-Like Planets…

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UWAB Researchers Devise New Method for Understanding Exoplanet Atmospheres

March 7, 2014 astrobio

A new method devised by UWAB graduate student Amit Misra and collaborators makes use of “dimer molecules” to help determine…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Amit Misra

Interview with Prof. David Catling Featured in UW Today

January 6, 2014 astrobio

UWAB faculty member David Catling (ESS) was recently interviewed for an article in UW Today, about his new book “Astrobiology:…

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Posted in: Media Filed under: David Catling
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Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Baptiste Journaux and funded by the UWAB program, documented the 2024 total solar eclipse. The team traveled to Arkansas to reach the center of the 115-mile band of totality stretching from Texas to Maine, and were the subject of a CENV mini-documentary!

The eclipse team delivered a talk about their trip and outreach work to the rest of the UWAB community on October 15th! Thanks to Baptiste Journaux, Sarah Smith, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones for representing the program! 

See the full Eclipse Documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1IpJYI9NQ
… or watch their UWAB Colloquium Talk here: https://youtu.be/TG5QlVPq8rg?si=gIH2hKHxd7JsFpz-

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(left to right) Sarah Smith, Baptiste Journaux, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones at Calico Rock AK just after the total solar eclipse on April 8 2024.
On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist from the University of Auckland! Dr. Campbell spoke about her work investigating extreme environments as analog settings for early life on Earth. She uses a comparative paleoenvironmental approach to searching for evidence of past life in Martian rocks by focusing on Earth’s hot spring deposits and unusual hydrothermal silica found by Spirit rover at Columbia Hills on Mars. 

In other words, her work helps us understand geochemical signs of past life, which is used to inform biosignature detection on Mars! 

The colloquium recording is now available on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/hYuuMY-yNu4
This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and pos This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and postdoctoral researcher, Fabian Klenner, joined the UW College of Environment’s Extreme Environments podcast, FieldSound, to teach the community about how extreme environments on Earth can inform us about the search for life on distant exoplanets and icy moons, such as Europa and Enceladus!

Jodi Young studies how marine microalgae shape our ecosystems, flourishing in the harsh icy brine environments of Earth’s polar regions. Fabian Klenner combines experimentation and modeling to understand the oceans of icy moons and biosignature detection. In the FieldSound podcast, Young and Klenner discuss topics including the Solar System’s icy moons, marine fieldwork, and the Europa Clipper mission – demonstrating how astrobiology is a field of extreme interdisciplinary collaboration! 

Listen to their full podcast here:
https://environment.uw.edu/news/2024/10/s3-e2-astrobiology-with-jodi-young-and-fabian-klenner/
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