Exoplanet atmospheres
Exoplanet May Have Metal-Rich Atmosphere
[/caption] At first glance, GJ 1214b is just another of the growing number of the super-Earth class of exoplanets. Discovered…
13 years ago
Plausibility Check – Habitable Planets around Red Giants
[/caption] While planets orbiting twin stars are a staple of science fiction, another is having humans live on planets orbiting…
13 years ago
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Observed
[/caption]With the recent milestone of the discovery of the 500th extra solar planet the future of planetary astronomy is promising.…
13 years ago
Missing Molecules in Exoplanet Atmospheres
[/caption]Every day, I wake up and flip through the titles and abstracts of recent articles posted to arXiv. With increasing…
14 years ago
Extrasolar Volcanoes May Soon be Detectable
[/caption] We’ve all seen pictures of erupting terrestrial volcanoes from space, and even eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io in the…
14 years ago
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Exoplanet Weather Report
Trying to determine the behaviour of the atmosphere of a hot Jupiter - a gas giant so close to its…
14 years ago