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Dorian Abbot

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Exoplanet study finds ‘super-Earths’ likely have oceans and continents

Exoplanet study finds ‘super-Earths’ likely have oceans and continents

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Four UChicago scholars receive early career fellowships from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation University of Chicago campus in spring

Four UChicago scholars receive early career fellowships from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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UChicago launches search for distant worlds

UChicago launches search for distant worlds

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Dorian Abbot

Dorian Abbot

Title: Associate Professor of Geophysical Sciences

Expertise: Exoplanets, Planetary science

Departmental website: https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/dorian-abbot/

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