Brian Jackson

Associate Professor of Physics at Boise State University

  • About
  • Research
    • CV
    • Joining the Boise State Planetary Science Research Group
    • Ultra-short-period planet database
    • The Short Period Planets Group — S(u)PerP(i)G
    • Google Scholar Page
    • Code
  • Teaching
  • Press
  • Extracurricular Activities
    • Field Trips
  • Public Outreach
    • Boise State’s Astronomical Observatory

Press

2015

  • How One Idaho Professor’s Search For Distant Planets Could Lead To Clues Of Earth’s Origin
  • Jackson’s Mission: To Explore Strange New Worlds

2014

  • Boise State Physicist Helps Unravel Mystery of Sailing Stones
  • Planetary candidate KOI-1843.03 has an orbital period (255 min) shorter than the run-time of “Return of the King”

2013

  • 6 Super-Fast Alien Planets May Be Skimming the Surface of Their Stars. — although we found four planets, not six
  • DPS 2013 Press Conference Presentation — “Planets on the Edge”
  • Razor’s edge — New class of exoplanets clock orbits as short as 3 hours
  • Time Really Flies on These Kepler Planets

2012

  • Teaser for the National Geographic channel’s ‘Wild Case Files’ episode on Racetrack Playa

2011

  • NASA Press Release on the 2011 LPSA field work in WA/ID

2010

  • NASA Press Release on the 2010 LPSA Racetrack Playa Survey
  • NASA Press Release on the effects of tides on transiting planet surveys
  • BBC article about model for the mass loss and tidal evolution of the rocky exoplanet CoRoT-7 b

2009

  • Press release from University of Washington about tidal destruction of planets
  • Missing Planets Attest To Destructive Power Of Stars’ Tides – Science Daily

2008

  • “Comparative tidovolcanoplanetology”
  • Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability – U of AZ press release
  • Talking About Tides – podcast interview with Simon Mitton about tides and planetary habitability
  • Twitter: decaelus

    Brian Jackson
    • @HydroLejo Do you have a sense for whether people vaccinated can transmit covid? This is the big question in my mind now. about 12 hours ago in reply to HydroLejo
    • @CaptainKirkLong @astronaimee_ It’s true. He prosecuted and executed counterfeiters. He was not a very nice person.… https://t.co/Qd7iL273Rq about 13 hours ago in reply to CaptainKirkLong
    • @astronaimee_ @CaptainKirkLong Depends on what you mean by "deserve". He definitely provided an incredibly useful… https://t.co/HxsnokmgUq about 15 hours ago in reply to astronaimee_
    @decaelus
  • Recent Posts

    • Third Thursday Planetarium Show – 2021 Jan 21
    • First Friday Astronomy – How To Talk So Science Journalists Will Listen – 2021 Feb 5
    • First Friday Astronomy – The Discovery of Neptune – 2021 Jan 1
    • CA State University Sacramento Geology – 2020 Dec 1
    • AGU 2020 Poster
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