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The University of Chicago’s Jacob Bean has received a 2014 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. Bean is one of 18 early-career scientists and engineers nationwide to receive the fellowship...Read more

Massive terrestrial planets, called “super-Earths,” are known to be common in Earth’s galaxy, the Milky Way. Now a Northwestern University astrophysicist and a University of Chicago geophysicist report the odds...Read more

Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today’s forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds. That's the implication of a study led by researchers in...Read more

Harvard University astronomy professor David Charbonneau will present the 2012 Brinson Lecture , titled “The Fast Track to Find an Inhabited Exoplanet.” Charbonneau’s lecture will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday,...Read more