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Tag: Exoplanets

To Find an Extraterrestrial Civilization, Pollution Could Be the Solution

February 16, 2021 astrobio

Members of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory team, including UWAB alums Giada Arney (PhD Astronomy & Astrobiology, 2016) and Jacob Lustig-Yaeger (PhD Astronomy…

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Posted in: Alumni, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Alumni, Exoplanets, Giada Arney, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, News, Publications, Technosignatures

The 7 Rocky Planets Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 May be Made of Similar Stuff

January 22, 2021 astrobio

UWAB Professor Eric Agol (Astronomy) is the lead author on a new study of the 7 planets in the TRAPPIST-1…

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Posted in: Faculty, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Brett Morris, Eric Agol, Exoplanets, NASA JPL, Rodrigo Luger, Spitzer Space Telescope, TRAPPIST-1, UW News, Victoria Meadows

Watery Worlds: UW Astronomer Eric Agol Assists in New Findings of TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System

February 5, 2018 astrobio

Recent work by UWAB faculty member, and member of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory research group, Eric Agol has been highlighted…

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Posted in: Faculty, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Eric Agol, Exoplanets, M Dwarf, Spitzer Space Telescope, Telescope Observations, TRAPPIST-1, Virtual Planetary Laboratory

UW Astronomer Eric Agol Assists in New Seven-Planet NASA Discovery Using ‘Distracted Driving’ Technique

February 22, 2017 astrobio

Recent work by UWAB faculty member, and member of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory research group, Eric Agol has been highlighted…

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Posted in: Faculty, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Eric Agol, Exoplanets, Habitable Zone, M Dwarf, Michaël Gillon, Spitzer Space Telescope, TRAPPIST-1, Virtual Planetary Laboratory
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At the #HabWorlds2021 conference this week, @uofwa At the #HabWorlds2021 conference this week, @uofwa Astrobiology post-bacc research scientist Evan Davis (@astro.evan) presented a plenary talk and served on a panel about star–planet interactions 🌟🌍 Stars impact the nature and evolution of a planet's atmosphere, playing a major role in shaping its potential for life 👽 In his own research, Evan shows how stars also affect our ability to detect biosignatures on distant worlds 🔭 AB💜 #astrobiology #astronomy #planetaryscience #exoplanets
Happy 2021, astrobiology fans! 🎉 Towards the en Happy 2021, astrobiology fans! 🎉 Towards the end of last year, UWAB Director Prof. Vikki Meadows (@drvsmeadows) chaired a panel at #DPS2020 on Venus-like planets near and far 🔭 The panel included UWAB postdoc Dr. Mike Wong (@miquai) and UWAB alumna Dr. Giada Arney (@giada.arney) 🎓 Mike is studying the chemistry of Venus-like planets around different types of stars and Giada is a Deputy PI of NASA's DAVINCI+ mission concept to Venus 🛰 AB💜 #astrobiology #planetaryscience #exoplanets #venus #nasa
Please join us in welcoming five new students to t Please join us in welcoming five new students to the UW Astrobiology Program 👏 These young scientists are beginning or continuing their journies at @uofwa in remote fashion this term 💻 We look forward to meeting you all *in person* one day, and best of luck with Fall Quarter! AB💜 #astrobiology
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