Meet this historian of alien worlds
January 28, 2026
January 28, 2026
SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 28 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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Meet this historian of alien worlds
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Thanks to theorists like Ruth Murray-Clay, astronomers are decoding how distant planets form, evolve, and maybe even host life.
When Ruth Murray-Clay entered graduate school, only a handful of astronomers focused on studying exoplanets: far-flung planets that orbit stars light-yea . . .
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Meet this historian of alien worlds
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Thanks to theorists like Ruth Murray-Clay, astronomers are decoding how distant planets form, evolve, and maybe even host life.
When Ruth Murray-Clay entered graduate school, only a handful of astronomers focused on studying exoplanets: far-flung planets that orbit stars light-yea . . .