The Von Trapp Family Planets: A Sixth Planet Confirmed for K2-138
Music group or planetary system? Today’s paper confirms the existence of K2-138g, another sub-Neptune in K2’s most harmonious system
How Do You Find the Surface of an Exoplanet? Ask its Atmosphere!
The atmospheres of exoplanets block our view of their surfaces, so how can we discover where they are? Those pesky atmospheres might also have the answer…
How Much Water Did The Asteroid Belt Send to Earth?
Special Delivery! Could the Earth’s water have arrived from the asteroid belt?
Evolving Terrestrial Atmospheres: Can Fire and Air Make A Watery Earth?
Can interactions between magma and a planetary atmosphere create a water dominated super-Earth?
Put A Ring On It
Could planetary rings explain why the exoplanet HIP 41378 f appears to have the density of cotton candy? Check out today’s paper to find out!