Super-Earth, Super-Tectonics?
Turns out there’s more than one way to “plate” a planet!
Build-A-Planet Workshop: Planet Formation, One Bump at a Time
Today’s bite looks at how planets are formed in the “bumps” of protoplanetary disks.
The Dark Side of Exoplanets
Today’s bite explores planets made of dark matter and how we might find them.
UR: Infrared Spectrum: Probing for life beyond the visible
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Diya Talesara uses IR spectroscopy to study biosignatures in exoplanet data.
One is the Loneliest Number: Destroying Planet-Planet Binaries
JWST’s discovery of free-floating binary planetary-mass objects came as quite a surprise and tests theories of planet formation. Today’s paper investigates whether dynamical encounters in dense star-forming regions could destroy such binary systems.
An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design: Instrument Requirements
In today’s bite we are once again revisiting the mission design concept MAUVE to learn how science objectives drive instrument design requirements!