Exoplanet odyssey: A Journey Through Discovery and Detection
In today’s post, Guest author Jim Shih discusses methods for how astronomers detect exoplanets!
A Third Planet Orbits the 25th Nearest Star
One of the closest stars to our own Sun just got a third planet!
Vulcan II: The Wrath of Stellar Activity
Of all the planets I have encountered in my travels, this one was… lousy stellar activity!
Astronomers Join Forces Against The Sun
Our own Sun holds the keys to our understanding of how stellar activity signals present in radial velocity data sets. Now four international spectrograph teams have joined forces to combine data.
Dynamical Duo: An Updated Understanding of the Orbits of the Two Giant Planets in the HD 45354 System
In today’s paper, the authors take another look at the HD 45354 planetary system, and come to new conclusions about the orbit of the two gas giants within!
Whizzing and Whirling Stars in the Tarantula’s Web
Some stars are speedier than their siblings: read on to learn about the different populations of runaway stars in the Tarantula Nebula!