Reminder for How Habitable is the Nearby Planet Proxima b?
This is just a friendly reminder that the How Habitable is the Nearby Planet Proxima b? (general meetings event) is scheduled for Sep 21, 2016, 07:30 PM. Please come out and join us!
How Habitable is the Nearby Planet Proxima b?
Details
Public
Type: General Meetings
Keywords: Exoplanets
Held on: Sep 21, 2016 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Sep 21, 2016 (Wed) at 09:00 PM
Speaker: Ethan Kruse
Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A102, Seattle, Washington
Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel
Overview
After years of searching, scientists have finally found a planet around our nearest star. In this talk UW astronomy graduate student Ethan Kruse will discuss how much we know about the planet right now, and what we might learn in the coming years.
Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser