md` ## About the Author
Jacob Hamer is a Doctoral Candidate in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research concerns the evolution of planetary systems other than our own. Jacob is the Maryland Space Grant Consortium Observatory Fellow, and this blog post was written under the support of the National Space Grant program.
To contact the authors with questions or comments, please [email us](mailto:mdsgo@jhu.edu) at mdsgo@jhu.edu! `