Heavy-metal Jupiters
Violent collisions give rise to some of the densest, most massive planets in our galaxy.
Many Worlds: Multiple Super-Earths Discovered Around a Nearby and Unusually Quiet Red Dwarf
A team of astronomers led by Dr. Sandra Jeffers from the University of Göttingen have discovered a multiplanet system of super-Earths only 11 light-years from the Earth.
Astrobites at AAS 236: Day 2
We report on Day 2 of the virtual summer AAS meeting.
When Tides Aren’t Enough
The orbits of some hot Neptunes are not as circular as they should be
Potential Habitability of Extremely Tilted Planets
What happens when you take an Earth-like planet and tilt it nearly on its side? For life, its not as crazy as it sounds.
The Little Planets That Could
What can we say about planet formation around the smallest stars in the universe?