Giant planets are defined by their massive size, thick gaseous atmospheres, and lack of solid planetary surfaces due to low amounts of solid rocky material. The current “core-formation” model for […]
NASA’s Kepler mission and other efforts have shown that planets are ubiquitous in our galaxy. However, finding planets outside the Milky Way is a different challenge. Because the light from […]
Isotope variations provide important insights into the origin and evolution of stellar and planetary systems. The carbon isotope ratio in carbon monoxide molecules, 12CO/13CO, is roughly constant across the solar […]
To date, more than 4,000 exoplanets have been confirmed, with thousands more possible exoplanet detections. The physical properties and chemical compositions of these planets are important for understanding how planets […]
The search for signs of life on exoplanets relies heavily on our ability to detect key biosignatures within a given planet’s atmosphere. Among potential markers for life in exoplanet atmospheres, […]
Getting an early start may have helped rocky exoplanets in the race for habitability, according to researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Plate tectonics is considered an important factor […]
Extrasolar planets or “exoplanets” are planets that orbit around stars other than our Sun. With increasingly sophisticated technology and detection methods, more exoplanets are being discovered. One method for identifying […]
Magnetic fields around planetary bodies are important factors for understanding the habitability of other worlds because they reduce atmospheric loss and protect the surface of the planet from radiation. The […]
Many planets have been detected around stars beyond our Sun, but few of them are solid like the Earth, and it has been a struggle to determine whether any are […]
Giant planets have been identified orbiting 290 of the stars within 500 light-years of the sun; the remaining 4,200 stars appeared to be planet-less. However, Natalie Hinkel of the Southwest […]
Abstract deadline: August 2, 2017 https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session23322 We invite you to submit your abstract to our session to be held at the Fall 2017 AGU Meeting, described below: This session consists of […]
The 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science will be held at the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS) in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy from 22 to 26 May, 2017. The […]
This session consists in a discussion on the potential of new and future facilities and modeling efforts designed to detect, image and characterize habitable exoplanets, studying their formation, evolution and also the existence […]
ADVANCED DEADLINE FOR STUDENT TRAVEL TO MAY COMPARATIVE TECTONICS AND GEODYNAMICS OF VENUS, EARTH, AND EXOPLANETS CONFERENCE AT CAL TECH To meet NASA/JPL requirements for forecasting Conference Travel, the applications […]
Comparative Tectonics and Geodynamics of Venus, Earth, and Rocky Exoplanet Workshop First Announcement Available Now! The Comparative Tectonics and Geodynamics of Venus, Earth, and Rocky Exoplanets Workshop will be held May 4–6, […]
Summer course “Exoplanets” La Palma (Canary Islands), 24 September – 2 October 2014 The aim of the course is to give participants a thorough multidisciplinary introduction into the field of […]
NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system. Nearly 95 percent of […]
The Florida Space Institute (http://fsi.ucf.edu/), a multi-disciplinary center conducting leading edge applied and basic research and education programs in space-related fields ranging from planetary science to space physics and Earth science, is now […]
Florida Space Institute of the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida The Florida Space Institute (http://fsi.ucf.edu/), a multi-disciplinary center devoted to facilitating and conducting leading edge basic applied space […]
A) POPULAR ASTRONOMY LECTURES CAN BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE We are happy to announce that the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures, featuring noted scientists giving nontechnical illustrated lectures on recent developments […]