Brown Dwarf Weather Forecast: Cloudy or Clear Skies?
How can we learn about the atmospheres of faint, low metallicity brown dwarfs? Why, with a model, of course!
The Faint Young Sun (is not a) Problem
The apparent paradox of an early warm wet Earth but wimpy young sun may be solved by improved constraints and sophisticated atmospheric models.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
We sit down with Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, the 236th AAS Meeting’s Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer to discuss her quest to find life on other planets using the information we know about our own.
BEYOND: Space Missions To Look Forward To In the 2020s
A brief summary of some of the major space missions that are planning to launch in the 2020s.
Blurred Lines: degeneracies in modeling exoplanet atmospheres
Scrutinizing a popular method of characterizing exoplanet atmospheres reveals an inherent degeneracy that may only be overcome in special cases.
What do you have to do to get a water covered planet around here?
Applying climate models to Kepler-62f throws light on what configurations might support habitability.