“Earthlike Planets May Be Merely an Illusion” in NYT
Research led by Penn State scientists is featured in this article, archived online, at the New York Times...
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A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall on the Dark Side of the Moon
“Arpita Roy, Steinn Sigurdsson, and I just finished a long project in lunar geology theory. It’s been a trip!” – Prof....
Read More“The Moon Comes Around Again” in NYT
Arpita Roy, a doctoral student in astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State ‘s research is mentioned in this article in the New York...
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Star Is Discovered To Be a Close Neighbor of the Sun and the Coldest of Its Kind
“It is very exciting to discover a new neighbor of our solar system that is so close,” said Kevin Luhman… Read more at...
Read More“NASA Finds Coldest Star Ever, as Chilly as the Arctic” in ABC News
Penn State astronomer Kevin Luhman’s research is featured in this article, that includes video, at ABC...
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Solved: Mysteries of a Nearby Planetary System’s Dynamics
Mysteries of one of the most fascinating nearby planetary systems now have been solved… Read more at the PSU press release or...
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First Earth-Size Planet Is Discovered in Another Star’s “Habitable Zone”
A team of astronomers that includes Penn State scientists has discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the...
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WISE Satellite Finds No Evidence for Planet X in Survey of the Sky
After searching hundreds of millions of objects across the sky, NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no...
Read More“NASA Probe Discovers Thousands of Stars, But No ‘Planet X'” at NBC News
Penn State astronomer Kevin Luhman’s research is featured in this article at NBC...
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Water Detected in the Atmosphere of a Hot Jupiter Exoplanet!
“Today, colleagues and I announced the detection of water in an exoplanet that does not transit its parent star.” Read more on...
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