New Planet Just Dropped: The Detection of SPECULOOS-3 b
The SPECULOOS team shines with their latest detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultra cool dwarf host star, SPECULOOS-3!
Don’t Forget Your SPF: Changing UV Emission Moves the Exoplanet Habitable Zones
The search for extrasolar life is a multidisiplinary endeavor. How can astronomers use current understandings of pre-cellular biology to inform what it means for a planet to be “habitable”?
It’s An Eyeball Summer, and Other Weird K/M-Dwarf Habitable Climate Tales
Today’s authors compare small K-dwarf and M-dwarf planetary climates!
The Impossible Planet: the Discovery of a Massive Exoplanet Challenges Planet Formation Models
The discovery of the planet LHS 3154b outside of our solar system suggests that state-of-the-art models of planet formation are flawed.
Star alignment and a Planet’s origin: Case of HIP 65426
Today’s paper analyses the orbital architecture of JWST’s first directly imaged exoplanet using time-series photometry data from TESS
Are Solar Systems Eccentric?
As we find more planetary systems, the question of “how unique is our solar system?” can begin to be put into context.