[astro-ph.EP] JWST has enabled the measurement of carbon, oxygen, and sulfur abundances in the atmospheres of directly imaged planets. Interpretation of these abundances from a planet formation standpoint requires the […]
Epsilon Indi A
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Direct Imaging Constraints on Binary Planets and Exomoons around Epsilon Indi A b
Epsilon Indi A b is a directly imaged ∼6MJup exoplanet orbiting a nearby (3.6 pc) K-dwarf at ∼30 AU.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Press Release
Astronomers Find An Exo-Jupiter, And It Seems To Have Clouds
A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet […]