Exploring the Nearest Ultracool Dwarfs for Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Well-Suited for Detailed Atmospheric Characterization

An update on Gillon’s Balzan Project, a major contribution to the success of SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing UltracOOl Stars) and to the study of the diversity of rocky exoplanets orbiting very low-mass stars and their potential habitability.

Link to Research Project

Author

Michaël Gillon

Michäel Gillon is Research Director, Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), at the University of Liège’s Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique.

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Balzan Prize - 2017