Getting to Know the Neighborhood: Who Can See Earth Transit?
Out of all the stars around us, which ones would be able to find Earth with the transit method? Today’s paper makes a list, which can help us with future SETI efforts!
Transiting Brown Dwarfs from TESS
Today’s paper reports the discovery of two new transiting Brown Dwarfs using TESS.
TESS reveals HD118203 b transits after 13 years
TESS is out searching for new exoplanets, but on this occasion, it saw an old one in a new light.
A step by step guide to finding planets around ultracool dwarfs
Astronomers have been finding planets around M dwarf stars for a while. Can we go even cooler and find planets around the diverse L and T spectral group?
An interplanetary collision — in a distant planetary system
Interplanetary collisions can explain a number of phenomena in our own solar system — here’s evidence of such a crash shaping the formation of two distant planets. Translate from an Astrobitos bite by Elena Gonzales Egea.
Peas in a Pod?
Neighboring exoplanets appear to come in similar sizes. But is this a result of observational bias?