They're massive, like Jupiter. But these planets orbit their stars in three days. That isn't what anybody expected. That's 300 times the Earth's mass. Murray hasn't yet convinced other astrophysicists of his theory.
Astrophysics is largely a male preserve.
The coffee room nearby has the collegial atmosphere of a men's club. One suggests a comic solution, and they laugh. That's something I think we can hope to learn. The Toronto-bred, newly tenured professor in the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry might well have remained in the United States, where she earned her bachelor of science degree in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her doctorate in polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Here, she works with a cross-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and surgeons recognized worldwide among the top five in the field of tissue engineering.