So you found a planet, congrats. Now what? The next question on your mind might be, is it habitable? But first, what does the word habitable even mean? That in itself, is a great question with a variety of good answers. The most accurate answer might be: any planet where a human could live in…Continue Reading Exoplanets of Hydrohalite
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Bela Abolfathi is a sixth year graduate student studying astrophysics (or more specifically, observational cosmology). She works on two ground-based experiments, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and the Vera Rubin Observatory (formerly known as LSST), which will map the Universe to help us better understand dark energy. This research is a natural continuation of…Continue Reading Student Spotlight: Bela Abolfathi