Alessandro Morbidelli to give Friedman Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dr. Alessandro Morbidelli from the Collège de France will give this year’s Friedman lectures, “The Diversity of Planetary Systems:...
Read MoreCEHW faculty’s JWST Image on postage stamp
Read the story about how CEHW Professor Kevin Luhman took the picture on a recent postage...
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Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes
Penn State Presidential and CEHW Postdoc Dr. Rachel Fernandes led a study to better understand the processes shapes the size and location...
Read MoreDoes planetary evolution favor human-like life?
New theory proposes that humans — and analogous life beyond Earth — may represent the probable outcome of biological and planetary...
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Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data
Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, and the Habitable Zone Planet Finder and NEID Spectrometers developed at Penn...
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CEHW researchers characterize the internal composition of a distant planet
CEHW Graduate student Nick Tusay led a JWST program to measure the mineralogical composition of an exoplanet, K2-22b, and presented his...
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New planet in Kepler-51 system discovered using James Webb Space Telescope
The unusual system of three ‘super puff’ planets has at least one more planet, revealed by its gravitational tug on other...
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Using machine learning, modeling to detect Earth-like planets
The Institute for Computational & Data Sciences wrote a faculty profile on CEHW Professor Eric...
Read MoreCongrats to NSF Graduate Research Fellows
CEHW graduate students had an exceptional showing in this year’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program....
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JWST identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf
CEHW Professor Kevin Luhman led a study identifying the new record-holder for the smallest object that forms like a star: a tiny,...
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