Astronomy and Astrobites in 2017
A digestible summary of Astrobites in 2017 in one bite-size Astrobite.
A digestible summary of Astrobites in 2017 in one bite-size Astrobite.
Mini-Neptunes are among the most common type of planet in the galaxy. Are they as easy to build as we might think?
ADS, ADS Bumblebee, arXiv, and arXiver all help make searching for research papers much easier. Learn more about them in today’s post!
Turbulence plays a key role in determining what types of planets can form in a disk. We are finally on the verge of measuring this property for the first time using CO spectral lines, but it will only work if we factor in how quickly CO can be depleted.
Planets that do not transit are very difficult for Kepler to find. The authors of today’s paper are not intimidated by that and find 60 non-transiting Hot Jupiters unknowingly detected by Kepler anyway.