A nearby star is pummeling a companion planet with a barrage of X-rays a hundred thousand times more than the Earth receives from the Sun. Credit: NASA/CXC/NSF/IPAC/2MASS (see the 
MIT Kavli Institute Directory
Leslie Finck
Sponsored Research Technical Staff Technical StaffResearch interests:
Member of MKI's Space Plasma Group, which analyzes plasma (hydrogen and helium ions) detected by instruments on two spacecraft: Voyager 2 (launched in 1977, currently at the boundary of the Solar System and poised to enter interstellar space) and WIND (launched in 1994 and currently in an earthbound orbit).
Contact Information
t: 617-253-2401
e: laf@space.mit.edu
Research Areas
Education
B.A., University of Pennsylvania M.S., Simmons College
