Make it or Brake it: Supporting Weakened Magnetic Braking with Asteroseismology
Do stars really spin down? Authors of today’s paper find out if what we’re seeing is real or a trick of the light.
Got ‘Em! An Eccentric, Long-Period Giant Sheds Light on Planet Migration
Today’s authors yelled, “Got ’em!” when they discovered a failed hot Jupiter that aids in our understanding of giant planet migration.
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.