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?
Green plants on red planets: would photosynthesis work?
Sunlight fuels photosynthesis here on Earth, which in turn sustains all life on our planet. But how would this crucial process work on planets which orbit fainter stars?
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: A Hot Jupiter with a Unique Companion
In this paper, the authors discuss a unique system called TOI-1130 which contains both a hot Jupiter and a mini-Neptune.
Come on Feel the Noise (Floor) feat. PLATO
In the era of precise exoplanet detection, what fundamental limit does stellar variability place on exoplanet properties?
Heavy Metal Horizons: An Ultra-Hot Jupiter That Rains Liquid Iron
An international team of astronomers discover an ultra-hot Jupiter where liquid iron literally rains from the skies.