What if Mars were a Stranger (Thing)?
If our familiar red neighbor were a stranger light-years away, would we even know what we were looking at?
Shining a Light on the Shadowy Movements in Saturn’s Rings
Much is still unknown about how Saturn’s rings came to be, but today’s authors shed some light on the structure by looking right into the darkness…
Escaping the Icarian fate: a surprisingly thick atmosphere on the ultrahot super-Earth TOI-561 b
Whether you are already a fan of Greek mythology or someone who only vaguely remembers Icarus from a long-forgotten school lesson, today’s Astrobite will show you that flying too close to the Sun (and its consequences) is more than a myth when it comes to extremely hot exoplanets.
Rewinding exoplanetary clocks: L 98-59 d opens up research into a new type of molten worlds
We cannot travel back in time, but we can still try to reconstruct how planets evolved from the clues they leave behind today. In this Astrobite, we explore how L 98-59 d’s atmosphere and interior models reveal a molten world still being reshaped by its host star.
Can Arid Planets Keep Their Cool?
The geologic carbon cycle has been an important tool for balancing carbon dioxide and stabilizing the climate of Earth over billions of years. The authors of today’s bite explore why dry planets may be missing this critical climate-stabilizing thermostat.
Exoplanets in a bottle: How laboratory experiments help us understand distant planets
Characterising exoplanet atmospheres is one of the primary challenges for the coming decades and absolutely essential for our understanding of these alien worlds. Join us today as we dive into some of the ways we can study these distant worlds from the comforts of our labs here on Earth.