Catching Kilonovae with the Webb
The James Webb Telescope and LIGO may team up to study some of the most energetic events in our universe.
Crash course in exoplanet observations with the James Webb Space Telescope
In just three years NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will leave Earth and start producing groundbreaking science! That means we have three years to figure out how to best utilize the instruments on board. It’s time for a crash course in exoplanet observations with JWST.
Could we detect signs of life on a massive super-Earth?
We have one canonical idea of what life looks like on Earth: nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide. But would this be true on another world? When looking for life in the atmospheres of exoplanets, we might want to consider searching for something completely different.
Exomoons disguised as aliens
Exoplanets with moons could mimic alien life-signs.
Measuring exoplanet mass the hard way
A simple and elegant (but hard) alternative method for measuring exoplanet masses.
Budget Battle Update: Dueling Visions for NASA
Another day, another fight over the future of America’s space agency. The House and the Senate can’t agree about asteroid retrieval, science funding, and much else.