Exospace Weather
JANUARY 7th 2026 @ AAS 247 PHOENIX
Session Overview
With the confluence of new Solar System monitoring programs, renewed solar, stellar, and planet modeling efforts, and the high community priority to understand exoplanet atmospheres, tackling the problem of detecting and characterizing particles in the space environments of planets has never been more needed.
The detection of particles is a missing piece in the puzzle of stellar and planetary evolution. To support this research field and promote an environment for scientific discussion, we will hold this splinter session to discuss particle detection in the context of space weather and planets.
Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Talk Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM |
R O Parke Loyd
Eureka Scientific Inc.
|
Exospace Weather Report |
| 1:20 PM |
Mike Chaffin
University of Colorado
|
Space Weather and Planetary Evolution |
| 1:40 PM |
Ben Pearce
Purdue University
|
Space Weather and Biology |
| 2:00 PM |
Jeffrey Linsky
University of Colorado
|
Space Weather Particles and their Effects on Exoplanets |
| 2:20 PM |
Panel Discussion
|
What properties of exospace weather should we prioritize for observing and modeling? |
| 3:10 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 3:40 PM |
Nuri Park
Arizona State University
|
Observations of Space Weather in the Solar System |
| 4:00 PM |
Rachel Osten
Space Telescope Science Institute
|
Observations of Stellar Winds |
| 4:20 PM |
Constanza Argiroffi
INAF-Oss. Astronomico di Palermo
|
Observations of Stellar CMEs |
| 4:50 PM |
Panel Discussion
|
What would it take for our community to accept a stellar CME detection as definitive? |
| 5:20 PM | Adjourn | |
Scientific Organizing Committee
Evgenya Shkolnik
Co-Chair
Arizona State University
Laura Amaral
Co-Chair
Arizona State University
R.O. Parke Loyd
Co-Chair
Eureka Scientific, Inc.
Arika Egan
Johns Hopkins University
Gregg Hallinan
California Institute of Technology
Joseph Lazio
California Institute of Technology
Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Karin Dissauer
NorthWest Research Associates