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The Astronomy Department in CAS. Philip Muirhead, a BU astronomy professor, is leading a team that is assembling a list of red dwarf stars for NASA's latest satellite, TESS, to explore. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU team joins NASA in the search for earth-like planets

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 18, 2018
This week, NASA will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the mission of which, aided by a group of Boston University professors and students, is to locate Earth-like exoplanets.

With help from innovators, BU earns recognition as top research university

Daily Free Press Admin March 25, 2014

Boston University is home to many researchers who specialize in subjects ranging from planet formation, such as Dr. Catherine Espaillat, to curing Alzheimer’s disease, such as Max Wallack, junior in...

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