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A compact system of super-Earths & mini-Neptunes

Posted on Jul 26, 2016 in Orbital Dynamics, Research, Star & Planet Formation | 0 comments

Incoming Penn State graduate student, Mariah MacDonald, is first-author of a new study of the Kepler-80 planetary system. Read more at...

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Four synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form

Posted on May 11, 2016 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, News, Orbital Dynamics, Research, Star & Planet Formation, Statistical Methodology & Data Analysis | 0 comments

The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully...

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NEID

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State built an Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrograph to provide next-generation exoplanet observational capabilities to the entire...

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CEHW graduate student Sam Halverson awarded NASA Sagan Fellowship

Posted on Mar 26, 2016 in Announcements, Awards & Honors, News | 0 comments

Congradulations to CEHW graduate student Sam Halverson who was recently selected for a prestigous NASA Sagan Fellowship. Sam has worked on...

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CEHW astronomers measure the mass of 10 small exoplanets

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, News, Orbital Dynamics, Statistical Methodology & Data Analysis | 0 comments

Astronomers at the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds have measured the masses of ten small exoplanets, a big boost to the number...

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Second Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 in Announcements, Events, Meetings | 0 comments

June 13-14, 2016 Cornell University We are pleased to announce the 2nd Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium (ERES) to be...

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The most eccentric known exoplanet

Posted on Mar 16, 2016 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Research | 0 comments

CEHW Astronomers contributed to the recent discovery of the most eccentric known exoplanet. Learn more from the SFSU press...

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CEHW Professor Kasting receives National Academy of Science Early Earth & Life Sciences Award

Posted on Mar 4, 2016 in Awards & Honors | 0 comments

Evan Pugh University Professor Jim Kasting will receive the 2015 National Academy of Sciences Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences and...

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Shredding Exoplanets, And The Mysteries They May Unravel

Posted on Feb 27, 2016 in Planetary Atmospheres & Interiors, Press Coverage, Research | 0 comments

CEHW Prof. Jason Wright’s research was featured in ManyWorlds, a blog sponsored by NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science....

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HPF

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

The Habitable Zone Planet Finder, or HPF, was installed on the 10-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas. It is an...

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