May 02, 2017
Hubble Fellow Sebastian Krijt, TC Chamberlin Fellow Tim Bowling, graduate student Richard Lyons, and Professor Fred Ciesla have just published a new paper in which they show that it would be possible for life to be transported between the planets of the extra-solar system TRAPPIST-1 (panspermia). The mechanism would be asteroids slamming into one planet and knocking material onto another planet. Many forms of life can survive such an impact, travel through space, and entry through the atmosphere of another planet. Since the TRAPPIST-1 planets are very close together, this process is more liely.
April 25, 2017
April 13, 2017
Clare Singer, and undergraduate physics and mathematics major who is working with associate professor Liz Moyer, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. This is a prestigious scholarship for undergraduates in natural science, mathematics, and engineering. After graduation, Singer plans plans to pursue a doctorate in geophysical and atmospheric sciences and conduct research on atmospheric climate dynamics with the goal of influencing international climate policy.