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Tag: Victoria Meadows

Congratulations to UWAB members helping select the next NASA flagship mission!

March 31, 2016 astrobio

NASA has convened Science and Technology Definitions Teams (STDTs) to study large telescope concepts for future direct imaging of exoplanets.…

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Posted in: Administration Filed under: Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Tyler Robinson, Victoria Meadows

Is the pale blue dot unique?

January 20, 2016 astrobio

Voyager 1’s iconic image of the Pale Blue Dot shows hints of Earth’s uniqueness are visible from great distances; the…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Benjamin Charnay, David Catling, Eddie Schwieterman, Giada Arney, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Tyler Robinson, Victoria Meadows

Where to look for life?

October 5, 2015 astrobio

UWAB astronomers Rory Barnes, Victoria Meadows, and research assistant Nicole Evans have co-authored a paper on how to prioritize targets…

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Posted in: Media, Research Filed under: Nicole Evans, Rory Barnes, Victoria Meadows

Collisions Could Reveal “Invisible Gas” In Exoplanets

July 15, 2015 astrobio

UWAB graduate student Edward Schwieterman, professor Victoria Meadows, and researchers Tyler Robinson, Amit Misra, and Shawn Domagal-Goldman have demonstrated that…

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Posted in: Media, Research Filed under: Amit Misra, Eddie Schwieterman, Tyler Robinson, Victoria Meadows

Searching for Alien Biosignatures: Non-Photosynthetic Organisms May Produce Novel Signatures of Life on Exoplanets

May 7, 2015 astrobio

UWAB graduate student Edward Schwieterman, professor Victoria Meadows, and professor Charles Cockell at the UK Centre for Astrobiology present an…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Eddie Schwieterman, Victoria Meadows

Stars May Change Mini-Neptunes into Habitable Planets

February 12, 2015 astrobio

UWAB graduate student Rodrigo Luger, professors Rory Barnes and Victoria Meadows, and collaborators have found that some terrestrial planets in…

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

Where in the World Are Our Astrobiologists? – Fall 2014

December 1, 2014 astrobio

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

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

VPL Team Selected to Rejoin the NASA Astrobiology Institute

September 5, 2012 astrobio

The University of Washington’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory was one of five teams recently selected for membership in the NASA Astrobiology…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Victoria Meadows, Virtual Planetary Laboratory

Monday, June 4: Public Lecture – Transit of Venus

June 4, 2012 astrobio

In advance of the upcoming transit of Venus, the UW Astrobiology Program and Astronomy Department will host two, back-to-back lectures…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Victoria Meadows, Woody Sullivan

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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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