Project EDEN

Exoearth Discovery and Exploration Network. We search for and explore habitable extrasolar planets within fifty lightyears.

[Steward Observatory, University of Arizona @StewardAstro]

The UA is one of the institutions that can sponsor one of the winners of the 2020 51Peg b Fellowship (Heising-Simons Foundation). If you have a recent PhD in exoplanet-related research, or are going to get one by Fall 2020, please consider applying. https://t.co/vSyZmrr7Pw

[Carmenes Exoplanets @CARMENES_exopl]

CARMENES @CARMENES_exopl discovered two temperate Earth-mass planet candidates around Teegarden’s Star, the smallest star where researchers have so far been able to measure the weight of a planet directly
(Zechmeister et al. A&A 2019 https://t.co/0UN9WBDonX)

[Daniel Apai @danielapai]

Excited to speak tonight in Tucson at #SpaceDrafts57 about our @edensurvey search for nearby habitable worlds! Come join us at @borderlandsbrew at 7pm! @whatsuptucson @UAresearch @VisitTucsonAZ @azstewobs @UALPL @Space_Drafts

[Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter @UAZSkyCenter]

This year is the 10th anniversary of the @UASkyCenter ~ read all about it and then come visit our programs! https://t.co/sNGFrCVCfQ

[Karan Molaverdikhani @molaverdikhani]

Just called it a night #ClearSky #CAHA @edensurvey

[Daniel Apai @danielapai]

Our new paper led by @benrackham on the transit light source effect: how does stellar heterogeneity contaminate spectra of transiting planets? Now for FGK-type stars. TiO absorption? Spec. Slopes? NaI+KI? Halpha? Biosignature contamination? Check out TLSE2!https://t.co/thVx6r45p6

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

Beautiful winter night at the Kuiper 61" telescope.

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

We are starting another exciting night in the EDEN survey - this time on the 61” Kuiper telescope. Tonight we ade targeting two very nearby red dwarf stars in search of Earth-sized planets!

[Daniel Apai @danielapai]

I am excited to speak tomorrow at the Steward Obs. Public Lecture series about Project EDEN and our search for habitable planets in the solar neighborhood! If you are in Tucson tomorrow, join us at 7:30pm!
@edensurvey @UAresearch
https://t.co/R3XJdM9Pez @VisitTucsonAZ @UALPL

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

In our first three-continent @edensurvey campaign four research telescopes are monitoring the same stars, providing around-the-clock coverage: a deep search for potentially habitable transiting planets around select nearby red dwarf stars. What will we find?

[Daniel Apai @danielapai]

TRAPPIST-1 is heterogeneous, which contaminates the transit spectra of its planets. It makes detection of water vapor particularly difficult. Understanding the properties & distribution of starspots/faculae will be key. Details in our newly accepted paper https://t.co/hiiECQX5Bo

[NASA @NASA]

3-2-1… and we have liftoff of Parker #SolarProbe atop @ULAlaunch’s #DeltaIV Heavy rocket. Tune in as we broadcast our mission to “touch” the Sun: https://t.co/T3F4bqeATB

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

Great blog post by EDEN student Kerst Kingsbury on how to schedule observations for an exoplanet survey and on meeting Moonwalkers at the Tucson Spacefest! At the Project EDEN blog: https://t.co/QXkXAssHMS

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

We completed our first extensive monitoring campaign targeting a nearby, little-studied red dwarf star. 3 telescopes on 2 continents = 17 nights of data, scanning the temperate zone for earth-sized transiting planets. We are now analyzing data - hunting for new worlds!

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

Allie Mousseau is a @UofA astronomy student studying nearby stars to decide which should be searched for temperate zone Earth-sized planets by @edensurvey . Read her new blog post on her work and being part of Project EDEN! https://t.co/02frfLf5Wt

[Daniel Apai @danielapai]

@UofA student Kerst Kingsbury on his summer project – developing a software system to help target selection and observation planning for our @edensurvey, a search for new habitable planets in the Solar neighborhood: https://t.co/MmyAHv5E14 @UAresearch

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

@edensurvey students convert transiting exoplanet data to piano tunes to help visually impaired students connect to data from telescopic observations. Listen to the tunes of exoplanets at https://t.co/rJdmpEPvGa @UASkyCenter @UAresearch

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

Pilot Survey ongoing on the 2.3m Bok telescope! Bok can find transiting planets even around the faintest stars in our cosmic neighborhood!

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

Read UA student Kerst Kingsbury’s post on 1st @EDENsurvey observing run. We hunt for other Earths! 🌎 @UAresearch https://t.co/0oVdqaPijI

[Project EDEN @edensurvey]

First dedicated EDEN observing run complete. We will now evaluate the survey sensitivity & look for first planets. Cool data on cool stars!