Tony Darnell Archive
Feb 11th: What is the Habitable Worlds Observatory?
Finding habitable worlds need a dedicated instrument that does nothing else but tries to locate and characterize them. That’s where the Habitable Worlds Observatory comes in
Jan 14th: TESS’s Breakthrough Discovery of Long-Period Exoplanets TOI 4600 b and c
Human beings have discovered over five thousand five hundred exoplanets. Recent observations from TESS found exoplanet with an orbit of 82 days and another measured in hundreds of days.
Dec 24th: Proxima Centauri b is Not A Transit Exoplanet
Astronomers have concluded an observation of Proxima Centauri b and found that the planet does not transit its star
Nov 26th: The Many Earth-sized Worlds of TOI-700
TRAPPIST-1 has held our attention because it has so many rocky worlds orbiting a star that may allow some of them to have liquid water
Nov 12th: Meet TrES-2b (aka Kepler-1b): The Planet That Reflects Almost No Light
This planet was discovered by Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey & became the first planet observed by the Kepler with designation Kepler-1b.
Oct 22nd: How Starshades Can Help Find New Worlds
Most exoplanets discovered without actually see the planet at all & astronomers are working on starshades to resolve planets directly!
Oct 8th: The Roman Space Telescope will Revolutionize our Understanding of Exoplanets?
The next big milestone for exoplanets is a telescope that can see beyond beyond the frontiers of our knowledge: The Roman Space Telescope
Sep 24th: Is TRAPPIST-1c Habitable?
TRAPPIST-1 c receives a similar amount of radiation from its host star as Venus gets from the Sun. So the question, is this planet habitable?
Sep 10th: Trillions of Worlds Without Stars
Astronomers estimate there are more free roaming planets in our galaxy than planets in orbit around stars. Trillions worlds wandering alone