Tag: MEarth Project

  • Nation & World

    In distant space, a water world

    Observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have added a new type of planet to the mix. By analyzing the previously discovered world GJ1214b, astronomer Zachory Berta of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and colleagues proved that it is a water world enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere.

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  • Nation & World

    A fate in the stars

    Astronomy Professor David Charbonneau is as enthusiastic about explaining his field to students as he is about researching faraway planets.

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  • Nation & World

    Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences

    What’s small, four-legged, and leaves dusty paw prints on telescope mirrors? That’s what astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian’s Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona were trying to find out.

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