Choosing targets with TESS
With the launch of TESS, we will soon have many more exoplanet candidates. But how do we determine which are the most valuable for follow-up observations?
Predicting the number of planets from TESS
NASA’s TESS spacecraft has launched! Today’s paper predicts how many exoplanets it will find.
Statistically Confirming an Earth-Like Planet? Not So Fast!
Statistical confirmation of long-period, low SNR candidates should be taken with a grain of salt. The reliability is too low to confirm individual systems without followup observations and the 99% confidence validation of Kepler-452b is likely closer to 90%.
A “Difference” Approach to Light Curves
How can variable objects be found in crowded TESS observations?
Can We Detect Exo-Seasons?
Using simulations, the author explores the possibility of observing seasonal changes on warm Jupiters with JWST.
Blowing the wrong way round? Westward winds on CoRoT-2b
The hottest point in hot Jupiter atmospheres should be directly below their star or blown slightly eastward by winds. What is happening on CoRoT-2b?