Eric B. Ford

Press Coverage

Identifying the Rotation Rate and the Presence of Dynamic Weather on Extrasolar Earth-Like Planets from Photometric Observations

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Alien Ocean: Astrobiology Magazine, August 7, 2008
• Distant Mirrors: Seed Magazine, May/June 2008
• Checking the Weather of Alien Planets: Optics & Photomics Focus, March 9, 2008
• Astronomers ponder Earth from E.T.'s perspective: Ottawa Citizen, January 4, 2008
• Saben 'ellos' que hay vida aqui: Publico (Madrid), December 28, 2007
• Tierra: solo un pixel vista por un extraterrestre: United Press International (Buenos Aires), December 26, 2007
• Exoplanetary Weather: From a Single Pixel: Centauri Dreams, December 24, 2007
• Aliens may be watching us: Sydney Morning Herald (via Australian Associated Press), December 24, 2007
• Nubes revelan misterios celestes: Prensa Libre (Guatemala), December 24, 2007
• La tierra seria solo un pixel vista por un extraterrestre: El Pais (Madrid), December 24, 2007
• Aliens have eyes on us: Web India, December 22, 2007
• Could An ExtraTerrestrial Find Earth with a Telescope?: Slashdot, December 22, 2007
• What Alien Telescopes Would See, Looking At Earth and Earth as Alien Planet: Wired Science, December 21 and 23, 2007
• Aliens 'obsessed with Earth's weather': UK Daily Telegraph, December 21, 2007
• Alien astronomers could discern Earth's features: New Scientist, December 21, 2007 (my favorite)
• Story in Science Times (China), December 21, 2007
• Las nubes pueden ser una herramienta para buscar planetas habitables: Levante EMV (Valencia), December 21, 2007
• Pueden las nubes buscar planetas: Novedades (Cancun), December 21, 2007
• Las nubes pueden servir para buscar planetas habitables: Antena 3 Noticias (Madrid), December 20, 2007
• MIT, others ask 'What would E.T. see?': MIT press release, December 20, 2007 (Spanish version via Axxon.com)
• An extraterrestrial's view of the Earth: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias press release, December 20, 2007 (Spanish Version)
• To curious aliens, Earth would stand out as living planet: UF Press release, December 20, 2007

Observational Constraints on Trojans of Transiting Extrasolar Planets

• Extrasolar Trojans: Systemic (UCSC Astronomy's Prof. Greg Laughlin's blog), October 11, 2006.

Planet-Planet Scattering in Upsilon Andromedae

• Apsidal: Systemic (UCSC Astronomy's Prof. Greg Laughlin's blog), November 7, 2006
• Scattered Planet: Sky & Telescope, August 2005
• How planet orbits became so eccentric: Observer Online, April 28, 2005
• Researchers say key to life may lie in planets' orbits: Daily Northwestern, April 22, 2005
• Mystery of extrasolar planets' eccentric orbits: Spaceflight Now, April 19, 2005
• A Planetary Family Feud: Kansas City Infozine, April 18, 2005.
• Explaining Eccentricities: Astrobiology Magazine, April 15, 2005.
• Planetary Billiards: Astronomy Magazine, April 14, 2005.
• The Eccentric Orbits of Extrasolar Planets: Red Orbit News, April 14, 2005.
• Mystery solved: How the orbits of extrasolar planets became so eccentric: Northwest University Press Release, April 13, 2005.
• Wayward planet knocks extrasolar planets for a loop: University of California at Berkeley Press Release, April 13, 2005.
• A Planetary Family Feud: NSF Press Release, April 14, 2005.

Early-Type Stars: Most Favorable Targets for Astrometrically Detectable Planets in the Habitable Zone

• Hunting for Planets: Columbus Dispatch, August 12, 2003.
• Hotter Stars, Habitable Planets?: Astrobiology Magazine, August 2, 2003.
• Search for Life Could Include Planets, Stars Unlike Ours: Ohio State University Press Release, August, 2003.

Vegetation's Red Edge: A Possible Spectroscopic Biosignature of Extraterrestrial Plants

• Pale Blue Dot III: An Astrobiological Field Report: Astrobiology Magazine, November 27, 2006.
• Astronomers Get the Spectrum of Earthshine: A Pale Blue Dot Observed from the Ground: SpaceRef.com, January 7, 2002.

Characterization of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets from Diurnal Photometric Variability

• Earth from Afar: A Tiny Flickering Dot: Astrobiology News, February 27, 2002
• Student sees way to get E.T.'s weather report: San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2001.
• Other Earths, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24, 2002
• Is There Another Earth Out There For Us To Find?, Boston Globe, September 4, 2001.
• Earth's Light Show Is A Clue To Finding Habitable Neighbors: Science Daily, August 30, 2001.
• Novo telescopio vai permitir apontar planetas do tipo da Terra: Folha de S.Paulo, August 30, 2001.
• Weather On Distant Worlds Could Lead Telescopes to Alien Life: Space.com, August 29, 2001.
• Watching weather on Earth-like planets: CNN, August 29, 2001.
• Weather watching could identify living planets: New Scientist, August 29, 2001.
• Earth's light show is a clue to finding habitable neighbors: SpaceRef.com, August 29, 2001.
• Planet-finding Requires Fine-tuning: Princeton Weekly Bulletin, April 16, 2001.

Dynamical Instabilities and the Formation of Extrasolar Planets

• Search for New Planets Yields Confusion: New York Times, March 2, 1999.
• The Chance of Finding Aliens: Sky & Telescope, December 1998
• Worlds Around Other Stars Shake Planet Birth Theory: Science Magazine, May 30, 1997.
• CTC Visualizations Help Explain the Mysteries of Deep Space: Cornell Theory Center Press Release, April 7, 1997.
• Mysteries of Deep Space - The Search for Alien Worlds: PBS miniseries, April 1997.
• Scientists Step Up Search For Extrasolar Planets: New York Times, February 9, 1997.
• One way into the hot seat: Science News, November 23, 1996.
• MIT Physicists Envision Violent Beginnings for Newly Discovered Planets: MIT News, November 8, 1996.
• Cornell supercomputer helps MIT physicists envision violent beginnings of newly discovered planets: Cornell Science News, November 8, 1996.
• Planets Prefer Wacky Orbits: NCSA News, October 24, 1996.

Others' Research

• Alien plants may come in all colours but blue: Nature, April 11, 2007.
• Banished Forever: New Scientist, May 9, 2001.

Last updated: August 8, 2008
Created: December 9, 2005