Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date. Constructed from real data, the footage shows Beta Pictoris b — a planet 12...
Astrophysicist Jason Wang of Northwestern University has unveiled a new time-lapse video of the HR8799 planetary system. The first extrasolar planetary system to be directly imaged in 2008, HR8799 boasts four Jupiter-sized planets that orbit its star. “It’s usually difficult to...
Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor Jason Wang to the Department of Physics and Astronomy! Wang recently offered insight into his background, research, and what inspired him to pursue his current area of study. Where are you from? Where did you study? I grew up...
For the first time, a team of astronomers — including Northwestern University assistant professor of physics and astronomy Jason Wang — used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The...
