BAER Scientists Dr. Partha P. Bera and Dr. Gustavo Cruz-Diaz participated in the Chickasaw Nation Aeronautics and Space Academy’s Science Technology Math (STEM) Camp on the 7th and 8th of June, 2016 at Ada, Oklahoma. The camp was comprised of…
BAER and NASA Ames Research Center’s Dr. Darlene Lim will explain her research related to NASA’s potential mission to Mars at a Community Day to be held at the Craters of the Moon National Monument near Arco, Idaho on Thursday,…
The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, the largest Earth and Space Science meeting in the world begins Sunday, December 13, 2015 in San Francisco, California. BAERI will be well represented, with our scientists involved in over 60 presentations. See the…
Announcing the first edition of FALL SCHOOL OF ASTROCHEMISTRY to be held at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California on 13-16th October 2015. The school will consist of eight lectures by Prof. Alexander Tielens on various aspects of astrochemistry. These…
On Thursday July 23, NASA’s Kepler Science Team announced the discovery of planet Kepler 452-b. The team described the planet as “Earth’s bigger, older cousin,” and it is the first Earth-sized planet to be found in the habitable zone by…
Dr. Darlene Lim, one of BAER’s most honored scientists, will host the first scientific meeting for a new NASA program to investigate the habitability of volcanic terrain on Mars. The June meeting at NASA Ames is the first gathering of…
NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) selected a team from NASA Ames Research Center, and six other research teams nationwide, to take part in astrobiology research for the next five years. Total value of the award is over $50 million for the…
Dr. Tom Barclay of BAER Institute is the newest Director of the Kepler and K2 Mission Guest Observer Office. NASA’s Kepler Mission uses a satellite to look for Earth-sized or smaller planets that, like Earth, are within the ‘habitable zone’. …
BAER Institute welcomes Margaret Williams as its new Associate Director of Research. Margaret comes to BAER from Impact Carbon, a non-profit organization that uses carbon finance to increase access to clean energy technologies in the developing world. Margaret served as…
Working with NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, a team of scientists, including BAER’s Thomas S. Barclay, have discovered a planet 500 light-years away that is 10% wider than Earth and could have a climate suitable for liquid water – and therefore life.…