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The age-old question: Are there other Earths?

March 23, 2017 by Strategic Communication

Exoplanets in space

Assistant professor receives funding to develop NASA space mission concept.

Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: Astronomy, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, faculty, Peter Plavchan, Physics astronomy and materials science, research

Scoping out the sky: Professor eyes Earth-like planet

March 23, 2015 by Strategic Communication

Are there planets out there like ours? Could they be capable of sustaining life? It’s questions like these that have been motivating Dr. Peter Plavchan as he has been studying planets that orbit other stars besides our sun, known as exoplanets.

Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Peter Plavchan, Physics astronomy and materials science, research

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