A Warm Jupiter around an Evolving Star: Exploring Planet Migration
What can this planet tell us about the evolution of planetary systems?
The Hidden Heart of G2
A central object in the gas cloud G2, near the galactic centre
A Nested Binary System
For several years now, there has been considerable interest in circumbinary planets – that is to say, planets that orbit both stars in a binary system. They pose many interesting questions, such as, “How does their formation differ from planets in single-star systems?”, “What will happen to them when the stars evolve?”, and of course, “Could humans live there?” It was because of questions like these that the authors of today’s paper turned their telescopes on KIC 7177553.