The WISPIT 2 system as seen by the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b appears as a purple dot in a
The WISPIT 2 system as seen by the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b appears as a purple dot in a
Transit light curves and fits for HD 60779 b. The transit models were all fit simultaneously with the RVs, details listed in Table 2. The upper left panel shows the
Absorption spectrum corresponding roughly to the surface Earth gas mixture (N2, H2O and CO2). Here we assume 1 bar of total pressure, including 370 ppm of CO2 and 0.01 bar
New research published in the journal Science reveals the red planet’s mantle preserves a record of its violent beginnings.
The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous ‘Summer Triangle’ asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an
From left to right: JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim (seated), Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke conduct training scenarios with their instructors at
Mass-radius diagram of the well-characterized small planet population (Mp 40M⊕,Rp 4R⊕, mass error better than 25%, radius error better than 8%) from the PlanetS catalogue (Otegi et al. 2020; Parc
Known exoplanets from the NASA Exoplanet Archive in terms of their mass and orbital period. Triangle and circle point markers represent minimum and true masses, respectively. The larger green markers
One of the advantages of having so many telescopes watching large parts of the sky is that, if astronomers find something interesting, there are probably images of it from before
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