Our Solar System: Another Planet or Another Disk?
Can a giant, dense disk at the outer reaches of our Solar System explain a perplexing set of observations? Read on to find out more!
More metals, more planets?
Gas giant planets are most common around metal-rich stars. But are the planets themselves also metal-rich?
The TESS Mission’s First Earth-Like Planet Found in an Interesting Trio
The TESS mission has found an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its star, but the question of how the system formed is baffling astronomers.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Ted Bergin
Professor Ted Bergin is looking for the elements that make habitable worlds. Come learn about how to make an Earth-like planet in his talk at #AAS235!
A New, Scattered-Light View of Planet-Forming Disks
New scattered-light images reveal striking substructure in circumstellar disks around nearby low-mass stars.
Building Planets Around a Black Hole
We all know planets form around stars, can planet formation occur around something much more exotic?