Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa

Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa

Postdoctoral Researcher, Astrophysics, Western University

I do spectroscopy of cool low-mass stars and planetary-mass objects with an astrobiological motivation. I am also interested in outreach such as star gazing tours and talks for children. I love traveling, singing, jogging, taking photos, looking up sky or planetarium, rakugan, onsen, and octopus.

Latest articles by Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa

Artist's illustration of the surface of a planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system, which hosts seven roughly Earth-size worlds. According to one new study, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists to detect and study atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.

The discovery of a new Earth-like planet could shed further light on what makes a planet habitable

By Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa published

A team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away.

Exoplanets