The Great Planet Bake Off
In today’s episode, the star’s have been preparing some planets. But have they all been using the same recipe to form them? We will have to “taste” their compositions to find our winner!
One shell of a mystery
Is it a shell, a cloud, a dust ring? Something is causing sudden and repeating changes in brightness around these stars!
A Brown Dwarf in the Desert
Today’s authors found a unique occupant of the “brown dwarf desert,” on an extremely close orbit around its M dwarf host.
What colour are stars really?
How does the human eye perceive the colour of stars? Today’s authors find out— and provide colour codes!
Life finds a way (even on M dwarfs?)
M dwarfs are known to be really active when they’re young, which is bad for habitability. But what about old M dwarfs?
Tuning in to Reveal Stellar Wobbles
Today’s bite details only the second astrometric detection of a planet candidate and the first using radio interferometry.