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Target Prioritization for the NEID Earth Twin Survey

Posted on Feb 12, 2021 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Publications, Research, Star Properties | 0 comments

The NEID Earth Twin Survey The NEID spectrograph, designed and built by a team led by CEHW Professor Suvrath Mahadevan, was installed at...

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CEHW astronomers develop model for the distribution of inner planetary systems

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Featured, News, Publications, Star & Planet Formation, Statistical Methodology & Data Analysis | 0 comments

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

Posted on Nov 13, 2020 in Featured, Life Beyond Earth & Astrobiology, News, Publications, Research | 0 comments

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

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Featured, News | 0 comments

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

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, News | 0 comments

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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A young sub-Neptune-sized planet sheds light onto how planets form and evolve

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Featured, Instrumentation, Planetary Atmospheres & Interiors | 0 comments

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The detailed characterization of a young planet slightly smaller than Neptune provides insight into how such...

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Sub-Neptune sized planet validated with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder

Posted on Feb 20, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, News, Research | 0 comments

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

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 in Life Beyond Earth & Astrobiology, News, Uncategorized | 0 comments

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

Posted on Jan 12, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Instrumentation, Press Coverage | 0 comments

A new instrument funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation called NEID (pronounced “NOO-id”; sounds like...

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NEID Spectrograph Sees First Light

Posted on Jan 10, 2020 in Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Featured, Instrumentation, News, Press Coverage | 0 comments

The exoplanet-hunting instrument NEID, designed and built at Penn State, has passed an important milestone on the road to discovering...

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