This is a $99,026.88 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), operating as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The grant is for a research project titled "Rocky Planet Habitability: Insights from Solar System Climate Dynamics Through Time," which aims to produce new 3D models to understand the habitability of rocky planets in our solar system and inform the detection...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $39,940.94 grant to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), doing business as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), for a project titled "The Technique of Transmission Spectroscopy -- The Wavelength-Dependent Change in the Planetary Radii Due to Opacity Sources in Its Atmosphere." This grant, with a performance period ending on February 29, 2024, supports research related to...
This is a $313,651 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), doing business as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The grant is for a research project titled "Laying the Foundation for a Comprehensive View of Transiting Exoplanets with the Galactic Bulge Survey." This grant does not have a set-aside designation. AURA is a non-profit organization that manages and...
This is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant awarded to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The purpose of the $106,206.22 grant is to study mass-losing evolved stars, specifically asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiant (RSG) stars, in the Milky Way galaxy's bulge region. This builds upon AURA's previous work analyzing evolved stars in...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $360,676.72 grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on exoplanet characterization. The research aims to use the SCExAO and CHARIS instruments on the Subaru Telescope to survey for new exoplanets around nearby young stars, obtain and characterize spectra of both newly discovered and known exoplanets, and use the spectra to infer the planets' properties and connect them to theories of giant...
This is a $189,956.00 grant awarded to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the "Heliophysics Living with a Star Tools and Methods" project. The grant is for research related to solar physics, including studying subsurface solar dynamics, flare-associated white light emissions, and exoplanet detection. AURA has previously received prime federal contracts and...
This is a $149,954.24 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The grant is for a large K2 program to monitor approximately 10,000 bright galaxies per campaign over three campaigns, with the goal of identifying at least 15 supernovae light curves. The research under this grant builds on...
This $395,836.39 federal grant award to the Smithsonian Institution's Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is for a research project to measure the masses of exoplanets discovered by the K2 mission. The goal is to determine the conditions under which planets retain or lose their primordial gas envelopes, shedding light on the formation and evolution of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. The research will utilize the HARPS-N high-precision radial velocity spectrograph to measure the masses of at least 10...
This is a $335,676 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The grant is for research related to asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars during the final stages of stellar evolution. AURA has extensive experience conducting astronomical research and providing operations and management services for NASA...
This $475,006 grant was awarded by NASA to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help improve the reliability and sensitivity of the Kepler mission's planet candidate catalog. The goal is to produce a more comprehensive catalog of Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zones of nearby Sun-like stars, which is critical information for the design of future flagship missions like HabEx and LUVOIR that aim to directly image Earth-like planets. The work will involve applying advanced...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages and operates astronomical observatories and telescopes. The $350,793 grant is for a project titled "IT'S ELEMENTARY: CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOPLANET-HOSTING M-DWARFS USING APOGEE." The project aims to conduct detailed spectral analysis of M-dwarf stars, including those hosting exoplanets discovered by the Kepler mission, to derive accurate stellar parameters and chemical abundances. This research is intended to improve the characterization of exoplanets and their host stars, which is crucial for understanding planetary systems. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and runs through November 9, 2020.