Recap of the IAU Planet Formation Symposium
Highlights from the International Astronomical Union Symposium on “Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems”.
Rough in the Diamonds
How do emission lines from nebulae affect broad-band photometry of high redshift galaxies?
Lowest mass exoplanet discovered via direct imaging
The newly discovered planet, HD 65086 b, is the lowest mass planet to be directly imaged.
A rare chance to observe the merger of two star-forming galaxies
A team of researchers present multiwavelength observations of a rare merger between two massive, gas-rich starburst galaxies at a redshift of 2.3. This kind of merger could help explain the presence of the most massive elliptical galaxies at high redshift.
Cosmic Rays from the Telescope Array
An array of cosmic ray telescopes in western Utah is determining the origin of the most energetic particles in the Universe.
How to Confirm a (Tiny) Exoplanet Candidate
Barclay et al. find a “candidate” planet smaller than Mercury in the Kepler data…will it pass their tests and be confirmed as the smallest known planet?