Jane Greaves

Jane Greaves
Education University of Oxford,
Queen Mary University of London
Occupation Astronomer

Jane Greaves is Reader in Astronomy at Cardiff University. While at the University of St Andrews she led the team which discovered a protoplanet within the protoplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri.[1][2]

In 2017 she was awarded the Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics for her "significant contribution to our understanding of planet formation and exoplanet habitability through her seminal imaging of debris discs around Sun-like stars and solar system bodies using far-infrared telescopes".[3]

In 2018 she announced preliminary results from studies of the presence of phosphorus in supernova remnants, indicating that the level of phosphorus in the Crab Nebula is much lower than in Cassiopeia A, leading to speculations that a paucity of phosphorus might limit the formation of alien life.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Rincon, Paul (2008-04-02). "Astronomers see 'youngest planet'". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. ↑ Highfield, Roger (2008-04-02). "Baby planet found around star HL Tau". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  3. ↑ "2017 Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize". Awards. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Paucity of phosphorus hints at precarious path for extraterrestrial life". Phys.org. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. ↑ "Alien life may be more unlikely than previously thought, according to new study". The Daily Telegraph. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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