Topic: "A Maximum Spin from Black Hole Mergers" (Video)
[more]Topic: "Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound" (Video)
[more]Topic: "A Holistic View Catastrophic Cosmic Explosions" (Video)
[more]Topic: "Exploration of the Giant Magnetosphere of Jupiter" (Video)
[more]Topic: "Kepler and Habitability of Exoplanets" (Video) ABSTRACT: My talk will describe the NASA Kepler mission goals and current results in light of theoretical work on the structure and atmospheres of Super-Earth planets. The environments that are expected to develop on these classes of planets are evaluated from the potential for developing and sustaining a biochemistry - similar to terran or alternative to it.
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