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March 31, 2010
Category: Iceland
Second fissure has opened up northwest of the original on Fimmvörðuháls, east of Eyjafjallajökull. This is NOT towards Katla. Geologists on site saw the fissure open as it happened. As of this evening it is still growing, with 7...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 6:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: astro
Finding and characterizing habitable exoplanets. Enric Palle on Earth as an exoplanet. Drake Deming on using JWST to find exoplanets Then Lisa Kaltenegger on biosignatures Jim Kasting on habitability and 3D GCMs....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 5:47 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: astro
Maybe if we said NASA was looking for "Oil Worlds" the funding for exoplanets would sharply increase...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 12:01 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 30, 2010
Category: KITP
Next we review microlensing surveys for planets and then direct imaging surveys. Scott Gaudi up first on microlensing. Interesting statistics on preponderance of solar like planetary systems. Hints of free floating planets seen. Paul Kalas on direct detections. Also...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 2:02 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: astro
Status of CoRoT and Kepler missions is reviewed at the "Exoplanets Rising" workshop at the Kavli Institute, we'll see if there are any news. CoRoT is up first. Magali Deleuil presenting. Kepler next with Bill Borucki....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 11:59 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2010
Category: KITP
Dave Charbonneau: why transits are cool Kicking off afternoon session is Josh Winn on transit uses and abuses. Then Gaspar Bakos on ground based transits....
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Category: astro
Debra Fischer talking about correlations between metallicity and mass of stars and planets...
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Category: astro
Marcy next, talking about the ηEarth survey with the Keck....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 12:35 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: KITP
Well, I'm back at the Kavli Institute attending the Exoplanets Rising workshop. We have a full schedule of talks over the week, and I'll be intermittently blogging the events as we amble along. Bunch of interesting sounding talk on...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 11:46 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: academia
we had the dynamic kids on a neighbourhood easter egg hunt, with a twist, it was a math hunt...
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