WASP-33 b Archives

Identifying Deformed Exoplanets With JWST And Ariel: A Target Selection Metric For Phase Curve Observations

by Keith CowingOctober 21, 2026October 21, 2026

[astro-ph.EP] The shape of an exoplanet encodes fundamental information about its internal structure. For close-in giant planets, strong stellar tidal forces induce measurable deformations that can be probed through high-precision […]

Calculated vertical distribution of abundances for the warm Neptunes GJ 436b and GJ 1214b. The solid lines correspond to the mean abundance, the shaded areas to the range around the mean ±σ, and the dotted lines to the abundances resulting from the unperturbed model. The panels on the left show the effect on the calculated abundances of the uncertainties on (photo)chemical kinetics, while the right panels correspond to the effect on the abundances of the uncertainty in Kzz. -- astro-ph.EP

Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Quantification Of Abundance Uncertainties In Chemical Models Of Exoplanet Atmospheres

by Keith CowingDecember 4, 2025December 4, 2025

Chemical models are routinely used to predict the atmospheric composition of exoplanets and compare it with the composition retrieved from observations, but little is known about the reliability of the […]