That’s no planet! It’s one to five moons.
Most planets in our solar system have multiple moons, from Mars’ 2 to Saturn’s ~82. Today’s paper explores the stability and detectability of multi-”exomoon” systems orbiting planets beyond our solar system.
The Von Trapp Family Planets: A Sixth Planet Confirmed for K2-138
Music group or planetary system? Today’s paper confirms the existence of K2-138g, another sub-Neptune in K2’s most harmonious system
UR: Orbit Perturbations of Habitable Zone Planets Due to Inner Planetary Companions
In our latest #UndergradResearch post, Meredith Vogel talks about how an exoplanet’s habitability can be affected by other planets’ orbits in multi-planet systems.
A look at how flares change as different stars grow older
Today’s authors look at how the frequency of stellar flares evolves for different types of star.
X Marks the Region
How statistics can guide the search for previously undetected planets.
Fundamental Oscillations: Understanding Variability in Long Period Variables
Today’s authors use asteroseismology to glance inside stars with long-period variability.