Two months shy of turning 40, the MIT astronomer Sara Seager decided to throw herself a highly unconventional birthday party. She rented a wood-paneled auditorium in the university’s Media Lab. She ...

OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the 2024 Kavli Prize Laureates in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Eight scientists ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere. In exciting new JWST observations, the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e ...

Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life on other worlds. For decades, scientists’ definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumption.

Step inside the research and imagination of Professor Sara Seager, a trailblazer in the search for life beyond Earth and a recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. Exploring the staggering ...

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Sometimes, searching for other worlds pays off. Harvard Astrophysics professor David Charbonneau won the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in June, sharing a $1 million prize with MIT professor Sara ...

Participants discussed several common themes throughout the event: the importance of extreme environments in shaping chemistry, the limitations of our Earth-centric perspective when searching for life ...

Eight scientists from three countries are honored for their research that has broadened our understanding of the big, the small and the complex. June 12, 2024 (Oslo, Norway) — The Norwegian Academy of ...