Dr. Brett M. Morris

Graduate Research Focus

This winter we’d like to introduce you to Brett Morris (UW Astronomy Department).

Counting Starspots

How an exoplanet revealed our Sun is a normal star (Astronomy Magazine).

TV Shows’ Journey Into Space

A Twitter bot set up by an astronomy student is tracking retro TV shows' journeys beyond the solar system (Vocativ).

Helping Amateur Astronomers Detect Alien Worlds

A new program will let amateur astronomers detect exoplanets – worlds outside our solar system – by observing nearby bright stars and recording faint dips in their brightness caused by transits from planets in orbit around them (NASA).