More metals, more planets?
Gas giant planets are most common around metal-rich stars. But are the planets themselves also metal-rich?
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!
Aliens Among Us*
*just to be clear, the aliens I am talking about are rocks and not alive nor intelligent. But there may be many of them!
A New Technique for Finding Newly Formed Exoplanets
We have found thousands of fully-formed planets, but how do we go about finding those that are hiding in their disks?
The Imprint of an Invisible Giant
Most Jupiter-like exoplanets go undetected. But do they leave a mark on the more easily detectable inner terrestrial worlds?
First Photos of a Baby Planet
To understand planet formation, we need to observe newborn planets that are in their earlier stages of development. This is exactly what was discovered around PDS 70 – the first young, forming planet around a protostar of this age. Read more to learn about what we saw, and how we got that data!