NINTH ANNUAL GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE COMMUNITY SCIENCE MEETING
With thousands of new worlds now confirmed, exoplanet science is poised to address long-standing questions: How do planets form and evolve? How diverse are their physical and chemical properties? How does our solar system compare to other planetary systems? How common are Earth-like planets?
This meeting will bring together observers, theorists, and instrumentalists to share the latest results and plans for future research and facilities that will be needed to answer these questions. Some of the topics we will focus on will include:
Formation, evolution, and architectures of exoplanet systems
Demographics of exoplanets and systems
Exoplanet atmospheres and interiors
Astrobiology and biosignatures
The roles and unique contributions of ELTs and space observatories and their complementarity