by Eric Ford | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Our Solar System, Star Properties
CEHW undergrad alumna Anna Baum and Prof. Jason Wright identified a nearby star whose sunspot cycles appear to have stopped. Read more in the Penn State press release.
by Eric Ford | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured, Life Beyond Earth & Astrobiology, Our Solar System, Planetary Atmospheres & Interiors
A new hypothesis might reconcile two opposing theories that have tried to explain Mars’s mysterious history for more than 40 years. This study was led by Penn State graduate student, Natasha Batalha, working in collaboration Professor Jim Kastings and two CEHW...
by Eric Ford | May 22, 2014 | Our Solar System, Planet-forming & Debris Disks, Research
“Arpita Roy, Steinn Sigurdsson, and I just finished a long project in lunar geology theory. It’s been a trip!” – Prof. Jason Wright Read more on Prof. Jason Wright’s three part blog post Part I, Part II, Part...
by Eric Ford | Feb 14, 2014 | Orbital Dynamics, Our Solar System, Research
An asteroid that orbits the Sun every 4.83 years has been named for two students at Penn State’s University Park Campus. Read more at the PSU press release.
