August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... planets orbiting stars like our own. Finally, if recommended by the US National Academy of Sciences 2020 Decadal Survey, a starshade could be added to WFIRST, enabling the discovery and characterisation of the first Earth-like planets about other...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... atmosphere of Venus by detecting complex molecules that might hint at biological activity That’s why I’m a strong advocate for starshades - large structures we could deploy in space to block out starlight and allow us to directly image Earth-like...
