Emeritus Professor Allen Shafter chats with American Astronomical Society about his recent article with SDSU undergraduate J. Grace Clark.
Research
SDSU Astronomers Discover Two New Planets around Double Star Systems
The first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission marks the start of understanding such planetary systems
A Third Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System
SDSU Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.
First Evidence Discovered of a Gigantic Remnant Around an Exploding Star
A San Diego State University astrophysicist has helped discover evidence of a gigantic remnant surrounding an exploding star—a shell of material so huge, it must have been erupting on a regular basis for millions of years.
New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns
a team led by astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University used the Kepler Space Telescope to identify the new planet, Kepler-1647 b.
Astronomers Discover Two Habitable Zone “Super Earths”
A team of astronomers announced the discovery of a five-planet system with two super-Earth-sized planets in the “habitable zone.”
Tenth Transiting “Tatooine”
Astronomers at the 29th International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii will announce on August 14 the discovery of a new transiting “circumbinary” planet, […]
Astronomer Wins “Surprise” Breakthrough Award
SDSU’s Robert Quimby received a share of a $3 million prize for his work on an investigation into the expansion of the universe. By Michael Price […]