This is a $5,762,266 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) for a research project titled "TRACING ROCKY EXOPLANET COMPOSITIONS". The project aims to study exoplanet atmospheres and is part of NASA's broader efforts to understand the composition and characteristics of rocky planets outside our solar system. ASU, a public research university and Hispanic Serving Institution located in Tempe, Arizona, is the prime...
Arizona State University was awarded a $722,053 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The grant is titled "LET THE DATA SPEAK FOR ITSELF. UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITS OF CURRENT EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC MODELS AND THEIR MISSING PHYSICS IN A DATA-DRIVEN ERA" and will fund research to understand the limitations of current models of exoplanet atmospheres and identify missing physics in an era of increased exoplanet data. The grant was awarded on...
Arizona State University will conduct research on the transformation of organic compounds under hydrothermal conditions and elevated temperatures and pressures, through a $644,693 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As the prime contractor, Arizona State University's Orspa division will perform the work in Tempe, Arizona from August 2020 through July 2024. The research aims to further understanding of geochemical processes on planets and advance NASA's goals of...
This is a $559,951.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) for research on the impact of rock-ice interactions on exoplanet mass-radius relations. The research aims to develop new models and equations of state for planetary interiors that account for potential formation of rock-ice solid solutions, which could significantly affect the interpretation of exoplanet compositions based on the mass-radius relationship. The work...
This is a $903,790 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Arizona State University (doing business as Orspa) to conduct research on "Drivers and Predictors of Cryptic Inorganic Carbon Assimilation and Constraints on Habitability." The grant, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027, is for a research project and does not have a set-aside designation. Arizona State University has extensive experience receiving federal research grants and contracts from...
This federal contract award, with an ID of NNX17AB95G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) for a research project titled "No One's Home: The Fate of Carbon on Lifeless Earths." The $240,957 grant aims to improve the understanding of how carbon is cycled between the atmosphere, surface, and interior of terrestrial exoplanets without life. The project will involve modeling the near-surface geochemistry and geophysics...
This is a $540,630.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) for a research project titled "MAGMA OCEANS IN ROCKY EXOPLANETS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR DYNAMIC AND MAGNETIC EVOLUTION WITH NEW MODELS AND EXPERIMENTS". The grant has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025. ASU, a public research university, will be conducting the research work as the prime contractor. No set-aside designation was identified for...
This is a $488,088 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) to identify the characteristics and distribution of potentially habitable environments around low mass stars. The grant aims to quantify and explore the effects of high energy radiation on habitable zone terrestrial planets by building a statistically significant grid of updated models for the ultraviolet spectral range, which impacts the formation, chemistry,...
This is a $175,963 grant awarded by NASA to Arizona State University (ASU) for research on the tolerance of life to low temperature and water availability, which is key to the search for life on Mars and icy worlds. The grant has a performance period ending on January 14, 2025. ASU is a comprehensive public research university and a registered recipient of federal awards. It has a long history of federal contract and grant awards, including over $720,000 from NASA for exoplanet atmosphere...
This is a $723,236 research grant awarded by NASA to Arizona State University (ASU) to advance the field of exoplanet atmosphere characterization. The objective is to leverage high dispersion cross-correlation spectroscopy (HDCCS) techniques, combined with Bayesian atmospheric retrieval methodologies, to determine previously undetermined atmospheric properties of transiting exoplanets from existing high-resolution datasets. This includes constraining molecular composition, thermal structures,...