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”?
Today’s authors compare small K-dwarf and M-dwarf planetary climates!
The discovery of the planet LHS 3154b outside of our solar system suggests that state-of-the-art models of planet formation are flawed.
Today’s paper analyses the orbital architecture of JWST’s first directly imaged exoplanet using time-series photometry data from TESS
As we find more planetary systems, the question of “how unique is our solar system?” can begin to be put into context.
Guest author Torsha Majumder takes us through some of the many applications for machine learning in astronomy.