Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Congrats to former CEHW graduate student, Dr. Gudmundur Stefansson, and the rest of the team on their recent paper in Science that reports...
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Earth-like planets could form even in the harshest environments
CEHW Professor Eric Feigelson is a member of the XUE (eXtreme UV environments) collaboration that found potentially planets with water...
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Many exoplanets have nearly circular orbits
New analysis of observational data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope catalogs planetary properties; informs climate of planets Most...
Read MoreCEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
CEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan has been named the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in recognition of...
Read MoreCEHW part of new NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiological Research team
NASA has recently selected seven new teams to fund as part of the cross-divisional Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiological...
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Andrea Lin awarded Downsbrough Graduate Fellowship
Each year, the Downsbrough Graduate Fellowship recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding graduate students in our department. This...
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Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium VII
The 7th Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium was back at Penn State in...
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Nearby star could help explain why our sun didn’t have sunspots for 70 years
CEHW undergrad alumna Anna Baum and Prof. Jason Wright identified a nearby star whose sunspot cycles appear to have stopped. Read more in...
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Belatedly Habitable Planets
CEHW Graduate student Noah Tuchow and CEHW Professor Jason Wright introduce “Belatedly Habitable Planets”, a new type of...
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Newly discovered gas giant moving closer to its star
A newly discovered gas giant planet with an elliptical, comet-like orbit is closing in on its host star, according to new research by a...
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