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Thursday 27 November 2025, 16:00-17:00
Exoplanet Composition and Habitability: what can white dwarfs tell us?
- 👤 Speaker: Amy Bonsor (University of Cambridge)
- 📅 Date & Time: Thursday 27 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
- 📍 Venue: Hoyle Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy
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Jan Scholtz
Abstract
As we move towards an epoch of rocky exoplanet discovery, I will discuss how observations of planetary material in the atmospheres of white dwarfs can inform us about planetary composition and geology. Planetary material in the atmospheres of white dwarfs informs our understanding of the link between host star and planet compositions, as well as the journey of volatiles, crucial for habitability, from planet forming discs into rocky planets.
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