A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...
Boston College

Hanqin Tian to lead new Schiller Institute center

The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society has announced that Professor of Global Sustainability Hanqin Tian will serve as the inaugural director for the institute’s new Center for ...
USA Today

Astronomers have found more than 6,000 exoplanets. Billions more could be out there

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...