Penn State led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award
The NEID instrument team, led by Penn State Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Suvrath Mahadevan, was recognized by NASA with the...
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A very stealthy alias: the impostor planet of Barnard’s star
Introduction One of the signature targets of HPF’s search for nearby exoplanets is Barnard’s star, the second-closest star...
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CEHW Professor Rebekah Dawson honored with Warner Prize for Astronomy
Rebekah Dawson, Shaffer Career Development Professor in Science at Penn State, has been awarded the 2021 Helen B. Warner Prize for...
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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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Where to search for signs of life
A recent study accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal proposes a new strategy for searching for biosignatures, chemical...
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HPF discovers a Jupiter transiting the cool star TOI-1899
HPF has confirmed the planetary nature of a single-transiting Jupiter-sized planet (1.15 Jupiter radii) orbiting a nearby low mass M dwarf...
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HPF discovers a warm super Neptune – TOI-1728b
The Discovery A component of HPF’s on-sky time is used to follow up on potential planets discovered by NASA’s Transiting...
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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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