How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Identifying and studying exoplanets is conducted through a variety of detection methods, including transit, radial velocity, ...

My research interests are in the direct imaging and characterization of exoplanets and their environments. I am the principle investigator of the PICTURE-D NASA balloon mission. I focus primarily on ...

ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

The scientists got around the problem by using an imaging technique called 'coronagraphy', which effectively masks the direct bright star, allowing its corona and surrounding weaker reflected and ...