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Expert: NASA News Conference on exoplanet (Feb. 22, 2017)
Published: 22 February 2017
NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live on NASA Television. (Source: NASA)
Nicolas Cowan, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Professor Cowan study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets (planets orbiting stars other than the Sun) using space telescopes and novel remote sensing methods.
He’ll live stream the press conference this afternoon from his Astrobiology class.
He’s available to comment on NASA’s announcement.
nicolas [dot] cowan [at] mcgill [dot] ca (English)