A team led by of researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are “water worlds,” where water makes up a […]
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Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Early Release Science Of The Exoplanet WASP-39b With JWST NIRSpec PRISM
Transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets has revealed signatures of water vapor, aerosols, and alkali metals in a few dozen exoplanet atmospheres.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Habitable Zones, Press Release
Kepler Finds A New Planet In A Stellar Habitable Zone
Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of Earth located within its star’s habitable zone, the range of orbital distances […]
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Terrestrial World Measured to within 120 km: Test Case for a New Spitzer Observing Mode
We present the characterization of the Kepler-93 exoplanetary system, based on three years of photometry gathered by the Kepler spacecraft. The duration and cadence of the Kepler observations, in tandem […]
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Spitzer Studies Hot Jupiters
Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system’s eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars […]