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| This Earth-like planet orbits the Sun’s nearest neighbor every 11 days | Jim Davenport, a postdoctoral fellow at Western Washington University, believes Proxima b’s biggest obstacle to Earth-like conditions is likely to be Proxima Centauri’s continual flares, which can be ten times more energetic than any ever observed on our Sun. Harsh x-rays and ultraviolet… |
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| Earth-like planet discovered | BELLINGHAM – About four light years away from our planet sits Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system, and orbiting it is its just-discovered companion, a small Earth-like planet that, for now at least, holds the unassuming name of Proxima b. At this distance, Proxima b is… |
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| The Earth Next Door | Jim Davenport, a postdoctoral fellow at Western Washington University, believes Proxima b’s biggest obstacle to Earth-like conditions is likely to be Proxima Centauri’s continual flares, which can be ten times more energetic than any ever observed on our Sun. Harsh x-rays and… |
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| Western Researcher on Team Examining the Impact of Parent Star on Newly Discovered Planet Proxima b | |||
| Western Way: Christine Youtsey | |||
| CBE students benefit from collaboration between CBE and Computer Science Department | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø football’s end, Carver remodel were key moments under Bruce Shepard | Bruce Shepard, Western Washington University’s president for the last eight years, will step down at the end of the day Thursday, June 30. Shepard’s last day comes nearly eight years since he took the helm and just more than a year after he announced his retirement. “I think you… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Names 2015-16 Outstanding Graduates | |||
| Presidential Scholars Announced at Commencement | |||
| Massive debris flow visible on Mount Baker | Climbers on Mount Baker photographed a recent debris flow across Boulder Glacier on the volcano’s eastern flank in early June — but the barrage of ice and rock was more a geologic curiosity than a real threat to most people. Such debris flows occur occasionally and are not a concern to… |