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Science in Action: VPL Researchers Challenge the Discovery of Phosphine in the Venus Atmosphere

VPL Postdoctoral Researcher, Andrew Lincowski (University of Washington), and VPL project PI, Victoria Meadows (University of Washington), published two new studies challenging the announced discovery of...

How to Weigh an Exoplanet: Ask the Astronomers Live!

UWAB faculty member Eric Agol and Program Director Victoria Meadows were recently interviewed by Phil LaMarr with the Universe Unplugged: Ask the Astronomers Live!...

To Find an Extraterrestrial Civilization, Pollution Could Be the Solution

VPL Team members Ravi Kopparapu, Giada Arney, Jacob Haqq-Misra, and Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, recently submitted a new study for publication exploring the possibilities that pollutants...

Tyler Robinson Receives 2021 Cottrell Scholar Award

VPL Researcher Tyler Robinson (Northern Arizona University) was recently named as one of the 25 recipients of the 2021 Cottrell Scholar Award! The Cottrell Scholar awards...

The 7 Rocky Planets Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 May be Made of Similar Stuff

VPL Researcher, Eric Agol (University of Washington) is the lead author on a new study of the 7 planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position Open at University of Washington with VPL Researcher David Catling

Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Geochemistry Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scholar to work on planetary geochemistry using a combination of lab...

Astronomers Document the Rise and Fall of a Rarely Observed Stellar Dance

VPL Team member, and recent graduate from the University of Washington Astrobiology Program, Diana Windemuth (PhD Astronomy & Astrobiology, 2020), is a co-author on...

VPL Team Members part of Alternative Earths Team at UCR Awarded $4.6M for NASA ICAR Grant

The UCR-based Alternative Earth’s Team has received a five-year funding award from the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Astrobiology Research (ICAR). VPL has strong links with...

If a Planet Has a Lot of Methane in its Atmosphere, Life is the Most Likely Cause

VPL graduate student Nick Wogan (University of Washington), researcher and former student Dr. Josh Krissansen-Totton (University of California, Santa Cruz) and researcher, Dr. David...
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