Using updated stellar measurements based on new data from the Gaia mission, three (and possibly four) Kepler exoplanets are actually small stars, but it’s unlikely new calculations will reveal many more such issues.
Jun 18th: Tess & Our View
Today Traveler in the Night will explore TESS that will monitor more than 200,000 nearby to find new planet and may be habitable worlds
Jun 16th: Watch out, Earth! A Dying Star Just Ate A Planet
For the first time astronomers found direct clues of a dying sun-like star eating an exoplanet. The star is in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, and is called ZTF SLRN-2020
May 24th: We’ve Discovered At Least 5,000 Planets!
Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in our solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.
Apr 6th: An Exfoliating Spa on a far off World
Jan 14th: The First Results From MAROON-X
Today’s @NOIRLabAstro discuss about the first results from M-dwarf Advanced Radial velocity Observer Of Neighboring eXoplanets a.k.a MAROON-X with Dr. Jacob Bean
Jan 13th: The Final Episode
After so many years, today will be the finale for Weekly Space Hangout. The last episode will feature Andromeda & Milky Way, China’s Mars Rover, exoplanets and the end of InSight.
Jan 11th: Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water & Wind
Data and images from NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atmospheric volume. Plus, astrophysics and cosmology news, a baby exoplanet.
Dec 17th: The Hellscape of Exoplanet 55 Cancri e
There is a planet so close to its star that its entire year is only a few hours. and any water oceans that it may have had would have long ago boiled away, the surface rocks melt and the clouds would hold lava rain.
Dec 14th: Beach-Friendly Earth-Like Exoplanets
A new study suggests that exoplanets that are like our Earth, with oceans and beaches, might be more common than we thought – especially around red dwarfs.