Christine Jilly receives NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
UH NASA Astrobiology Institute graduate student Christine Jilly has been awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for research on aqueous alteration in CR chondrites. Christie is pursuing a PhD in cosmochemistry with advisor Gary Huss in the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP). Read More
State of Super-Earths
Observations have indicated that a new class of objects dubbed super-Earths could be among the most common type of planets orbiting other stars. In a paper in the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences and an interview with the Astrobiology Magazine, UHNAI team member Nadir Haghighipour reviews the latest discoveries for insight into how these planets form and whether such worlds could be habitable. Read More
The NASA Astrobiology Institute at the University of Hawaii investigates the origin, history, and distribution of water and its relation to life in the universe.