Category: Veyette

BU Today– Searching for Life around the Stars

in Veyette

In a recent article from BU Today, IAR graduate student Mark Veyette discusses running computer models of M dwarfs through the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke, MA and his research with Rich Barlow. ‘To the epic search for life on other planets, Mark Veyette brings some of science’s most formidable technology: […]

The Daily Free Press – TRAPPIST-1 discovery holds promise for BU astronomers

in Kesseli, Muirhead, Skinner, Veyette

Philip Muirhead, Julie Skinner, Mark Veyette, and Aurora Kesseli spoke to The Daily Free Press this week about their research team focused on finding habitable planets with space telescopes. ‘“The problem with telescopes on the ground is that you get interrupted when you’re observing because the sun is coming up,” Muirhead said. “You can’t operate […]