Life Beyond Earth & Astrobiology

Overview The Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds works closely with the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center to promote research related to understanding the origins of life on Earth and the potential for life elsewhere in the solar system and the universe. Areas of Specialty - Search for habitable planets (Mahadevan, Wright, Ford) - Modeling climate on exoplanets (Kasting, Williams, Foley) - Delivery of Volatiles to Rocky Planets (Sigurdsson, Foley, Ford) - Search for Extraterestrial.