The water is strong with this one: the emission features of Kelt-20b
So you have a planet with a cold atmosphere orbiting a really hot star? Find out in today’s bite why this gives you the water and CO emission features you are looking for!
Searching for Space Mountains
Today’s authors have a new idea to identify exoplanet topographies using transit data!
Life, Death, and Robots
Looking for aliens? Searching for signs of technology might prove just as fruitful as searching for signs of life!
A planet responsible for mysterious radio signal (not aliens)
A strange radio signal from a star? You won’t believe what the cause is! (It’s a planet)
Women’s History Month: Dr. Munazza Alam
In today’s post, we interviewed Dr. Munazza Alam, a post-doc at Carnegie EPL about her accomplishments & her journey in astronomy.
Which habitable zone planets are the best candidates for detecting life?
Which exoplanets are the most worthwhile to search for life on? Today’s paper explores the “continuous habitable zone” as an important criterion for atmospheric characterization target selection.