Stellar contamination of the transmission spectrum of transiting exoplanets is emerging as a major challenge to the detailed atmospheric characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres. We are organizing a workshop to explore the impact of the transit light source effect on transmission spectra around different host stars and identify methods capable of correcting for this contamination.
The workshop will be part of the NExSS Workshops without Walls: an online workshop open to the entire community.
Got Planets? Smaller Stars Are Best Bet
In the search for Earth-size planets elsewhere in the Milky Way, lower-mass stars make for more promising hunting grounds, UA astronomers have discovered. By Daniel Stolte, University Relations – Communication | February 17, 2015 In the search for Earth-size...
EOS Grant Awarded by NASA Astrobiology Program
In December 2014 the NASA Astrobiology program has selected our EOS Team for an award enabling a 5-year, in-depth study of the formation of habitable exoplanets with right set of ingredients to support life. We are excited by the opportunity and looking forward to the...