Dakotah Tyler is an astrophysics Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and how planets lose mass as they evolve.

These stellar winds shape the escaping gases into a tail that stretches at least 350,000 miles—more than seven times the radius of the planet.Lead researcher Dakotah Tyler, an astrophysicist at ...

On Monday, April 8th, a total solar eclipse will cross parts of North America. UCLA astrophysicist Dakotah Tyler explains the phenomena behind the rare celestial event and where to get the best view.

Astrophysicists found an exoplanet the size of Jupiter has a tail of gas seven times its own length—around 350,000 miles—resulting from its gas atmosphere burning off and being shaped by ...

Astrophysicists have found that a large exoplanet known as WASP-69b is ... a subtle tail or perhaps none at all,” said Dakotah Tyler, ... within the star’s lifetime,” Tyler ...