CEHW 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...
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CEHW Professor Rebekah Dawson named Shaffer Career Development Professorship in Science
Congratulations to CEHW Professor Rebekah Dawson for being appointed by Dean Cavener to the Shaffer Career Development Professorship in...
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CEHW 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...
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Welcome to Ian Czekala
CEHW welcomes its newest faculty member, Dr. Ian Czekala. Ian’s current research focuses on sub-mm interferometry of protoplanetary...
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A 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...
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CEHW Alumna Arpita Roy named NASA Sagan Fellow
Congratulations to recent CEHW graduate student, Dr. Arpita Roy who was named a 2020 Sagan Fellow based on her proposal “Of Worlds...
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New type of pulsating star discovered
CEHW postdoc Zhao Guo’s research recently appeared in Nature Astronomy and a ECoS press release. Image Caption: A new type of...
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Sub-Neptune sized planet validated with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder
A signal originally detected by the Kepler spacecraft has been validated as an exoplanet using the Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF), an...
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Looking for aliens who might be looking for us
Data from a massive search for cosmic radio emission released Feb 14. by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative—the most comprehensive survey...
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NASA’s Newest Planet Tracker Finds a Sky-high Perch
A new instrument funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation called NEID (pronounced “NOO-id”; sounds like...
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