Stephen R. Kane Explained

Stephen Kane
Nationality:Australian / American / British
Occupation:Astrophysicist

Stephen Kane is a full professor of astronomy and planetary astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside who specializes in exoplanetary science. His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability and the habitable zone of planetary systems.[1] He has published hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers and has discovered/co-discovered several hundred planets orbiting other stars. He is a prolific advocate of interdisciplinarity science and studying Venus as an exoplanet analog.[2]

Education

Kane graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelors of Science in Physics in 1994. In 1995 Kane received First Class with Honors at the same institution for his work studying a galactic extended source, which he identified as a previously unknown supernova remnant.[3] In 2000 Kane received his Ph.D. from the University of Tasmania with a thesis focusing on gravitational microlensing,[4] the bending of space by gravity which has a variety of astrophysics applications, including the discovery of exoplanets.

Career

During his graduate degree, Kane had the title of research assistant at the Space Telescope Science Institute in 1996. After graduating, Kane joined the University of St. Andrews in 2001 as a postdoctoral research fellow,[5] he collaborated with a team of scientists that discovered the coldest, smallest known exoplanet (OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb), confirming the hopes that observation of habitable planets was within the reach of technology[7]. Kane and the entire SuperWASP (Super Wide Angle Search for Planets) team was later awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Group Achievement Award in 2010[6] [7] for their discovery of 18 exoplanets. In 2005 he returned to the United States to work as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Florida[8] where he discovered some of the hottest known exoplanets of the time.[9] In 2008 Kane became a research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he focused his research on exoplanet habitability, the study of properties and conditions favorable to life. While at Caltech he and collaborator Dawn Gelino created the Habitable Zone Gallery,[10] a website dedicated to providing information on exoplanets for both scientists and the general public. Kane joined San Francisco State University in 2013 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. In August 2016, Kane and collaborators released the "Catalog of Kepler Habitable Zone Exoplanet Candidates", identifying numerous Habitable Zone planets discovered by the Kepler mission.[11] In 2017, Kane moved his research team to the University of California, Riverside where he joined their astrobiology initiative,[12] funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

Media attention

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kane . Stephen . Planetary Habitability . 2021 . IOP Publishing . 978-0-7503-2120-4 .
  2. Kane. Stephen. Venus: The Making of an Uninhabitable World. 1801.03146. astro-ph.EP. 2018.
  3. Kane. Stephen. Radio observations of the supernova remnant candidate G312.5-3.0. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 344. 2. 625–628. 2003MNRAS.344..625K. astro-ph/0011211. 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06935.x. 2003. free . 2951234.
  4. Kane. Stephen. 2000-01-01. A Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of Gravitational Microlensing Events. University of Tasmania . 10.25959/23223212.v1 . 2000PhDT.......105K.
  5. Web site: Group Members Astronomy Group. star-www.st-andrews.ac.uk. 2016-06-28.
  6. Web site: RAS Honours Outstanding Astronomers and Geophysicists. Webmaster. www.ras.org.uk. 2016-06-28.
  7. Web site: Group Achievement Award. www.st-andrews.ac.uk. 2016-06-28.
  8. Web site: Team Members. www.astro.ufl.edu. 2016-06-28.
  9. Web site: 09 » Astronomers discover two new planets, both among the hottest ever » University of Florida. Florida. University of. news.ufl.edu. 2016-06-28.
  10. Web site: The Habitable Zone Gallery. hzgallery.org. 2016-06-28.
  11. Kane. Stephen. A Catalog of Kepler Habitable Zone Exoplanet Candidates. The Astrophysical Journal. 830. 1. 1608.00620. 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/1. 2016. 1. 2016ApJ...830....1K. 40859027 . free .
  12. Web site: Alternative Earths Astrobiology Center.
  13. Web site: Exoplanets May Help Us Understand How Venus Turned Into a Hell Planet. 20 April 2018 .
  14. Web site: Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might be as well.. 2 March 2018 .
  15. Web site: Venus Is Still Key To Finding Life Outside Our Solar System, Astrobiologists Argue. Forbes.
  16. Web site: Earth-sized alien worlds are out there. Now, astronomers are figuring out how to detect life on them.
  17. Web site: Nearby Solar System Wolf 1061 May Be The Key To Understanding Venus-like Worlds. Forbes. 2017-01-26.
  18. Web site: The 20 Most Earth-Like Exoplanets We've Found. 3 August 2016 . 2016-08-03.
  19. Web site: Endor's End: How the 'Star Wars' Death Star Wiped Out the Ewoks After All. Space.com. 28 March 2016 . 2016-06-28.
  20. Web site: Most eccentric planet ever known flashes astronomers with reflected light. sciencedaily.com. 2016-06-28.
  21. Web site: This Is The 'Most Eccentric' Planet Yet Known. Jacqueline Howard Senior Science Editor. The Huffington Post. 2016-03-24. The Huffington Post. 2016-06-28.
  22. Web site: See the 'Star Wars' Worlds Exoplanet Scientists Can't Help But Love. Space.com. 15 December 2015 . 2016-06-28.
  23. News: Newly discovered exoplanet orbits a pair of stars. Washington Post. 2016-06-28.
  24. Web site: Allegations tie Berkeley sexual assault scandal to SF State. 2015-10-21. Golden Gate Xpress. 2016-06-28.
  25. Web site: New 'Tatooine' Discovery Confirms Circumbinary Planets Aren't Just Science Fiction. Chris D'Angelo Associate Editor. HuffPost Hawaii. 2015-08-14. The Huffington Post. 2016-06-28.
  26. Web site: Tales From the Superbowl of Astronomy. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112231304/http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/12/tales-from-the-superbowl-of-astronomy/. dead. 12 January 2015. 2015-01-12. Phenomena. 2016-06-28.
  27. Web site: Discovering the New Beginning. franchse.civilization.com. 2016-06-28.
  28. Web site: Astronomer Reveals The Truth Behind Civilization: Beyond Earth's Exoplanets. 2016-06-28.
  29. Web site: NASA: Wide range of alien planets may support life. CBS News. 14 September 2012 . 2016-06-28.
  30. Web site: NASA - Extreme Life Forms Might be Able to Survive on Eccentric Exoplanets. www.nasa.gov. en. 2016-06-28.
  31. Web site: Planet Quest, The Sky at Night - BBC Four. BBC. 2016-06-28.

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