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...
Read MoreEarth-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...
Read MoreNearby 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...
Read MoreNewly 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...
Read MoreCEHW astronomers develop model for the distribution of inner planetary systems
Statistical model may help unravel the mystery of apparently single-planet systems and aid exoplanet-seeking missions Data from the Kepler...
Read MoreWhere to search for signs of life
A recent study accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal proposes a new strategy for searching for biosignatures, chemical...
Read MoreHPF discovers a Jupiter transiting the cool star TOI-1899
HPF has confirmed the planetary nature of a single-transiting Jupiter-sized planet (1.15 Jupiter radii) orbiting a nearby low mass M dwarf...
Read MoreCEHW Professor Dawson honored with Urey Prize
The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society is pleased to award the 2020 Harold C. Urey Prize for outstanding...
Read MoreA young sub-Neptune-sized planet sheds light onto how planets form and evolve
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The detailed characterization of a young planet slightly smaller than Neptune provides insight into how such...
Read MoreNEID Spectrograph Sees First Light
The exoplanet-hunting instrument NEID, designed and built at Penn State, has passed an important milestone on the road to discovering...
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