Several of our students, faculty members, and researchers, have recently been highlighted in various articles from the UW News in…
In August 2016 a planet was discovered orbiting the closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri. Not only is the…
Thanks Lakewood High and UWAB volunteer speakers for all the Astrobiology fun! Professor Rory Barnes (Astronomy) and Erika Harnett (ESS)…
Continuing an annual tradiation, UWAB members spoke to students in an astrobiology class at Lakewood High School visiting UW. Professor…
Rory Barnes of the Astronomy Department has been promoted to an Assistant Professor in Astrobiology! Congratulations Rory!
The star υ Andromedae has 3 known planets orbiting it, all three close to or greater than the size of…
UWAB astronomers Rory Barnes, Victoria Meadows, and research assistant Nicole Evans have co-authored a paper on how to prioritize targets…
UWAB graduate student Rodrigo Luger, professors Rory Barnes and Victoria Meadows, and collaborators have found that some terrestrial planets in…
UWAB graduate student Rodrigo Luger and Professor Rory Barnes have shown that many terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of…
In addition to our Annual Astrobiology Workshop, the UWAB Program encourages, supports, and in many cases organizes educational experiences for…
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.
UWAB researcher Rory Barnes, alumnus John Armstrong, and collaborators have determined that a fluctuating tilt in a planet’s orbit does…
UW Astronomer Rory Barnes, along with a team of international collaborators, have just announced their discovery of three potentially-habitable ‘super-Earth’…
In his latest paper, recently featured in Astrobiology, UWAB’s Rory Barnes explores the evolution of hypothetical “Tidal Venuses”, tidally-heated terrestrial exoplanets…
Research by UWAB’s Rory Barnes has been featured as the cover story in the latest issue of Astrobiology! In the…
Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water, leaving behind hot, dry worlds like Venus……