A UW astronomer is using Earth’s interstellar neighbors to learn the nature of certain stars too far away to be directly measured or observed, and the planets they may host.
Tag: Department of Astronomy
A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.
UW astronomers find that planets orbiting white and brown dwarfs are unlikely to be good candidates for sustaining life.