Knock, knock. Who’s there? A free floating planet!
Not that long ago, in a system not too far away, a free-floating planet pays a visit… to HD 106906, a binary star system with an exoplanet and a debris disk!
A Moist Exoplanet in the Neptune Desert
Water vapor detection of exoplanet atmospheres has been a hot topic. This scientific question is included in the first set of results published by JWST. But it’s even more difficult to detect the presence of water vapor on exoplanets in the Neptune desert. This year, researchers detected water vapor on TOI-674 b for the first time by analyzing atmospheric transmission spectrum. It’s very exciting. This discovery provides an important target for subsequent detection with higher precision by JWST.
Sub-Neptune Atmosphere Origin: A tale of Magma and Atmosphere
Today’s paper examines the reaction between atmosphere and magma in exoplanets, a key factor in shaping an exoplanet atmosphere
Learning more about exoplanet orbits using orbitize!
Want to learn how astronomers discover and understand exoplanet orbits? Today’s post will teach how to use the open source code called orbitize! in Python!
Heist in Space: Chasing the Stolen Planets
Plenty of committed and planned heists give examples of how to steal diamonds and pearls. But how to steal a whole planet? Easy! You just need to be a star in a star forming region.
Detecting Exoplanets’ Elusive Magnetic Fields with Radio Transits
Today’s paper explores a promising method for detecting and constraining exoplanetary magnetic fields: measuring their effects on a host star’s radio emission during transits.