Searching for Additional Planets in the EPOXI Data
Ballard et al. analyze data acquired with EPOXI to search for additional planets in five systems with known planets.
The Colors of a Second Earth
Assuming that we have acquired the spectrum of a distant terrestrial planet, what would it look like? Would we able to resolve surface features? More excitingly, would we be able to detect biomarkers in the atmospheres of alien Earths?
Astronomy Websites to Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are a few of our favorite astronomy websites. Enjoy!
Life with a Lone Wolf: Habitable Planets in Interstellar Space
Could some of the planets ejected from planetary systems during formation harbor potentially habitable subglacial oceans? Abbot & Switzer suggest that they could.
Forming Ancient Stars
One of the big mysteries in astrophysics is the formation of the first stars. This simulation presents one possible formation mechanism for ancient stars.