There is a low occurrence rate of exoplanets between 1.5 and 2.0 Earth radii. Today’s authors explore the density of the stellar field the planet resides in as a potential contributor to this gap.
M dwarfs are known to be really active when they’re young, which is bad for habitability. But what about old M dwarfs?
A team of astronomers led by Dr. Sandra Jeffers from the University of Göttingen have discovered a multiplanet system of super-Earths only 11 light-years from the Earth.
Sub-Neptunes are the most common planet in the galaxy, but Neptunes are much rarer. Why?? Read on to find out!
When does a planet form like a Neptune or like a Jupiter? Today’s bite explores this question!
Why can’t more exoplanet systems be like TRAPPIST-1? Why do so many Kepler systems have only one transiting planet? Today’s paper tries to answer both questions.