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?
What is causing these Little Dippers?
Could exocomets be causing these strange shaped lightcurves?
How Many Planets Will We Find Around White Dwarfs?
We know that white dwarfs have planets, but there are very few that we have detected directly. An upcoming survey may change that.
Can we predict if planets are lonely?
Can the properties of a known planet system predict if that system has additional undetected planets?