NASA Researcher to Talk About Outer Planet and Black Dwarf Atmospheres

Super-Earths to Super-Jupiters: Understanding the Atmospheres of Exoplanets. Alex R. Howe, post doctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Spacefight Center, will be talking about his research focusing on his two main projects studying the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system and the techniques we use to study them. These include theoretical modeling of the evaporation of atmospheres from planets of Earth to Neptune-size, and spectroscopic analysis of the chemistry of the largest planets. Register online.