Something from Nothing
What can we learn from the lack of giant planets found at wide separations?
A Planet Living on the Edge
A gravitational tug-of-war between three stars has this planet living on the edge.
Double Sunsets: Are there Planets orbiting Binary Star Systems?
Ever wondered whether the planet Tatooine could be real? In today’s paper, the authors discuss a new technique to directly image distinct planets orbiting binary stars, just like in Star Wars.
Water worlds – self-arrests, thermostats and long-term climate stability
Water worlds – do they exist? Or is there an omnipotent self-regulation mechanism which makes terrestrial planets look like Earth?
Why you should be interested in dust
Embark on a dusty journey into the heart of debris disks – and why it’s important to talk dust if you want to understand planets.
New rings detected for old protoplanetary disk
The image of the protoplanetary disk around HL Tau illustrating ring structures triggered a huge “WOW!”. Read on and get convinced by recent observations of TW Hya that ring structures seem to be rule rather than the exception.