Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Rafael Luque

Luque is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago, where he conducts research about exoplanets. He observes all types of stars using a variety of telescopes in order to discover new planets across the Galaxy, both from space (JWST, TESS, or Kepler) or from the darkest sites on Earth (Canary Islands, Hawaii, or Chile). His favourites are the cool red stars (M dwarfs) which are the most numerous in the Milky Way and which give astronomers the best chance to study terrestrial planets, like Earth, and their atmospheres.

Sponsored by the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.