Could we learn more about pulsar planets?
This is a question that has baffled me for some time. The first confirmed exoplanets were discovered around a pulsar, we know now of three – vastly differ...
Tag: habitability
My Worldcon program
The preliminary program for Worldcon 2017 is here! I’ll have a talk about exoplanets, five panels and a signing – not speaking of the myriad program...
2017: Swedish Odyssey AKA Astrobiology in Sweden
A yearly meeting of the Astrobiology Centre of the Stockholm University took place this month in Tällberg. Its sessions covered topics ranging from habitability...
It was a very good year…
That time of skeletons creeping down chimneys and eldritch carols has passed, and the time of reflecting upon the closing calendar year is here in its full stre...
Eurocon 2016: Venus, Fermi paradox and more
This year’s Eurocon is approaching fast! The convention will be held in Barcelona on November 4-6. The program has been ready for a couple of weeks, and t...
IAC 2016, Part 2: Moonshots and deep oceans
The International Astronautical Congress had been full of interesting talks, people and events. We’ve already discussed the budding race to Mars, but there was ...
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability, Days 4 and 5
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability has ended yesterday, and during its 5-day run, it has brought forward many interesting questions along with approches...
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability, Day 3
Principles of Habitability session opened today’s Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability. In the first talk, Ravi Kopparapu reviewed the concept of habita...
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability, Day 2
The first whole day of the Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability conference has been quite fruitful. The first session, The Host Star, was concerned mainly wit...
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability, Day 1
The Astrophysics of Planetary Habitability conference has started this afternoon with two invited lectures: one by Victoria Meadows from the University of Washi...
