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Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

Posted on Nov 30, 2023 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Featured, Planet-forming & Debris Disks, Press Coverage, Research, Star & Planet Formation | 0 comments

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

Posted on Nov 30, 2023 in Featured, Planet-forming & Debris Disks, Press Coverage, Research, Star & Planet Formation | 0 comments

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

Posted on Nov 2, 2023 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Orbital Dynamics, Press Coverage, Statistical Methodology & Data Analysis | 0 comments

New analysis of observational data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope catalogs planetary properties; informs climate of planets Most...

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CEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Posted on Aug 18, 2023 in Announcements, Awards & Honors | 0 comments

CEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan has been named the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in recognition of...

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CEHW part of new NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiological Research team

Posted on Aug 11, 2023 in Announcements, Awards & Honors | 0 comments

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

Posted on Apr 7, 2023 in Awards & Honors, News | 0 comments

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

Posted on Jul 31, 2022 in Announcements, Events, Meetings, News | 0 comments

The 7th Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium was back at Penn State in...

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Jiayin Dong honored with 2022 Penn State Alumni Dissertation Award

Posted on Mar 28, 2022 in Awards & Honors, News | 0 comments

Graduate student Jiayin Dong is a 2022 recipient of the Alumni Association Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Tracing...

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Belatedly Habitable Planets

Posted on Oct 29, 2021 in Life Beyond Earth & Astrobiology, News | 0 comments

CEHW Graduate student Noah Tuchow and CEHW Professor Jason Wright introduce  “Belatedly Habitable Planets”, a new type of...

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Dr. Gudmundur Stefansson wins Trumpler Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation

Posted on Aug 25, 2021 in Awards & Honors, News | 0 comments

THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2020 ROBERT J. TRUMPLER AWARD (PRESENTED IN 2021) IS DR. GUDMUNDUR KARI STEFANSSON, WHO COMPLETED HIS PHD IN...

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