We don’t need Planet 9!
The authors of today’s paper decided to take a less radical approach into investigating the trans-Neptunian objects. Maybe we don’t need Planet 9 after all?
Understanding the surprising narrowness of eccentric debris belts
Some extrasolar debris belts are not just eccentric but also surprisingly narrow. What processes can influence the width of debris belts?
Life Can Travel Through Space! But Only Under Certain Conditions…
Scientists have found a new condition in which life can travel through space! Read more…
X-ray Signals from White Dwarf Planet Destruction
What can x-rays tell us about the remains of planets orbiting dead stars?
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Finding young exoplanets with machine learning
Astronomers have a challenging task ahead of them — to find young exoplanets in protoplanetary disks. Machine Learning could potentially come to the rescue.
Planets on a Magnetic Roller Coaster Ride
Fabienne Nail writes about how magnetic fields can make modelling atmospheric escape for TRAPPIST-1e and other exoplanets much more difficult.