From planets to the beginning of the Universe, there are plenty of interesting topics you can learn more about at uwastronomy's monthly Astronomy on Tap (AoT) events. All are welcome to attend these free events organized by UW Astronomy grad students. astro.washington.edu/astronomy-tap

Article highlighting a new paper by ESS PhD student Andrew Shumway!

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my group at Duke in Fall 2024. If you're interested in Earth history, isotope geochemistry, or biogeochemical modeling, shoot me an email / DM! If you know someone interested, please share! Applications due Jan 10th: nicholas.duke.edu/academics/doct…

Did MC HAMMER e/acc just quote me?!?! 🤯

Check out our paper, new in Science Magazine and led by UW Astrobiology 's Dr. Fabian Klenner, which shows how instruments like the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) on ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper could be used to detect bits of microbes (if they are there, of course)! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A week from today, I’ll be at #AbSciCon24 talking about how a casual chat with Lucas Fifer on this University of Washington bench turned into a recently accepted paper in Astrobiology Journal 🦠 Can’t wait to catch up with all of my UW Astrobiology friends! 💜👽

Life on Mars? If so, how much? In a new paper in Astrobiology Journal, Lucas Fifer and I evaluate the potential for ancient microorganisms that could have eaten iron and breathed nitrate on the Red Planet. liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

Amazing work by two of my favorite people!! Go check it out 🦠🔭

New Enceladus paper out on Cryovolcanism (cold volcanoes in space)! We investigate a possible origin of the Enceladus plume - in collaboration with Karl Mitchell, Morgan Cable , and Jonathan Scamardella. stevens.edu/news/a-moon-in… Interested in a PhD in this area? Let me know!

Heising-Simons 51 Pegasi b Fellowship applications are due October 4th! With a particularly strong program in exoplanet science and astrobiology, we highly encourage applicants to select UW as one of their choices for host institution! More information: depts.washington.edu/astrobio/wordp…

UWAB members Jodi Young and Fabian Klenner joined the College of Environment’s FieldSound podcast to discuss how extreme environments on Earth can inform us about the search for life on distant exoplanets and icy moons! Listen to their full podcast: environment.uw.edu/news/2024/10/s…

Let me tell you how much I love Europa on today's Short Wave from NPR 🚀 npr.org/2024/10/16/121…

Check out this very nice University of Hawaii at Manoa news article about our recent publication! "Saturn’s moon Titan has insulating methane-rich crust up to six miles thick" soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announ… Gwen Brouwer Sarah Fagents Jon P. Kay Steve Vance Dr. Angela G Marusiak-Schools

Excited to see my most recent work published! We have discovered a new NaCl hydrate that forms through flash freezing. This new hydrate could be present on the surface of icy worlds! Check it out below pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

I’ve been listening to and learning from the #MindscapePodcast since it launched in 2018, so it’s quite an honor to contribute to the conversation myself on this week’s episode. Thanks for a great time, Sean Carroll!

My friends (and amazing planetary scientists / geologists) Elena & Topher Amador-French lost their home last night in the Eaton Fire. They had to flee with minutes warning. If you’re able, please donate to them and their family. Venmo: Elena-Amador.

We’ve never been so close to discovering life beyond Earth. Our generation could be the one that finds it—provided two essential ingredients exist. First, that there’s life out there. Second, that we’re willing to look. Let's look. scientificamerican.com/article/trumps…