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The First Exoplanet Discovery (Around a Very Non-Sunlike Star)

The First Exoplanet Discovery (Around a Very Non-Sunlike Star)

by Macy Huston | Jan 2, 2023 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s classic paper summary covers the first exoplanet discovery- a pulsar planet!

Honey, I shrunk the orbit!

Honey, I shrunk the orbit!

by Maryum Sayeed | Dec 28, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s post describes the discovery of Kepler’s first planet candidate spiraling into its star!

History lessons from chemical elements

History lessons from chemical elements

by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Dec 26, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Chemical elements are pretty good history teachers! Today’s paper describes how chemical abundances can tell us about the history of where a planet formed.

Icy Dead Zones: Birthplaces of Super-Earths?

Icy Dead Zones: Birthplaces of Super-Earths?

by Jana Steuer | Dec 10, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

The number of super-Earths with small semimajor axis appears to decrease with the mass of the host star. How can this be, if more massive stars have more massive protoplanetary disks and thus more material to build planets from? An icy dead zone may be the answer to this riddle!

Biases from Bulging Planets

Biases from Bulging Planets

by Ben Cassese | Dec 7, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

We usually assume that all exoplanets are perfectly round. Today’s authors wonder: what are we getting wrong if some are slightly squished?

A Smoggy Day on a Young Exoplanet

A Smoggy Day on a Young Exoplanet

by Yoni Brande | Dec 2, 2022 | Current Events, Daily Paper Summaries

Transmission spectroscopy shows /
no gases or features, although /
whether sunspots or hazes /
or both (how in blazes?) /
this atmosphere’s spectrum is sloped!

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