Blurred Lines: degeneracies in modeling exoplanet atmospheres
Scrutinizing a popular method of characterizing exoplanet atmospheres reveals an inherent degeneracy that may only be overcome in special cases.
An Occam’s razor for very-hot hot Jupiters
Cues from stellar atmospheric chemistry can help in explaining the observations of very-hot gas giant atmospheres.
Blowing the wrong way round? Westward winds on CoRoT-2b
The hottest point in hot Jupiter atmospheres should be directly below their star or blown slightly eastward by winds. What is happening on CoRoT-2b?
Teaching Computers to Find Non-Transiting Hot Jupiters
Planets that do not transit are very difficult for Kepler to find. The authors of today’s paper are not intimidated by that and find 60 non-transiting Hot Jupiters unknowingly detected by Kepler anyway.
Somewhere in the Stratosphere
If you thought the weather on Earth was wild, think again: today we’re discussing the climate of WASP-121b.
Finding the Brightest Exoplanet Hosts with MASCARA
An instrument designed to look for exoplanets around the brightest stars in the sky; what have they found so far?