New planet found to be hotter than most stars
A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot that even its nights are like the flame of a welding torch. The gas giant has a “year”...
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Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedicated
CEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan spoke on “Songs of Distant Earths” at the dedication for the freshly upgraded Hobby-Eberly...
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Four synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form
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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CEHW-led Team Selected to Build Next-Generation Exoplanet-Hunting Spectrograph
The CEHW instrument team added a new planet-finding spectrograph to its portfolio today, as NASA announced they have selected the Penn...
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CEHW astronomers measure the mass of 10 small exoplanets
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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The most eccentric known exoplanet
CEHW Astronomers contributed to the recent discovery of the most eccentric known exoplanet. Learn more from the SFSU press...
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Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) Gets an Upgrade
Read more about the HET upgrade in the press release. Image Captionn: The Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Credit: Ethan Tweedie...
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NASA picks Penn State-led team to Advance Concept for a Precision Planet Hunting Instrument
On a rugged Arizona mountaintop, astronomers will soon switch on a new, state-of-the-art instrument to hunt for planets circling distant...
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The mass of the Mars-sized exoplanet, Kepler-138b
A First: Exoplanet smaller than Earth gets its size and mass measured A team of astronomers has measured the mass and size of the smallest...
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Stellar Activity and Gliese 667C on the HPF Blog
Have a look at today’s update on the HPF blog discussing Paul Robertson and Suvrath Mahadevan’s new study on the stellar...
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