[Carnegie Institution for Science] The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced its twentieth public data release (DR20), delivering a dramatic expansion of the Milky Way Mapper (MWM) scientific […]
eROSITA
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biophysics, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Radiation
Probing Habitable Regions With SRG/eROSITA
Stellar high-energy radiation is a key driver of atmospheric erosion and evolution in exoplanets, directly affecting their long-term habitability.
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Radiation, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
X-ray Activity Of Nearby G-, K-, And M-type Stars And Implications for Planet Habitability Around M stars
Context. The intense X-ray and UV emission of some active M stars has raised questions about the habitability of planets around M-type stars. Aims. We aim to determine the unbiased […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Status Report
Three Young Planets Around The K-dwarf K2-198: High-energy Environment, Evaporation History And Expected Future
Planets orbiting young stars are thought to experience atmospheric evaporation as a result of the host stars’ high magnetic activity. We study the evaporation history and expected future of the […]