Exoplanetary Weather Watchers Find Strong Evidence of Magnetic Fields
Astronomers studying wind speeds on distant exoplanets have discovered weather systems driven by magnetic fields, rather than the largely hydrodynamic weather p...
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Magnetic exoplanets? Strange winds are strongest hint yet
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[2606.02648] Quantitative Nonequilibrium Pathway from Fundamental Physics to the Emergence and Persistence of Exoplanetary Biospheres
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02648: Quantitative Nonequilibrium Pathway from Fundamental Physics to the Emergence and Persistence of Exoplanetary Biospher...
[2606.02705] A Massive Hot-Jupiter Companion that Disfavors Giant Planet Formation Beyond the Water-Ice Line
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02705: A Massive Hot-Jupiter Companion that Disfavors Giant Planet Formation Beyond the Water-Ice Line
[2510.27386] Stacking transmission spectra of different exoplanets
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.27386: Stacking transmission spectra of different exoplanets
Astronomers Detect Clearest Signs Yet of Magnetic Fields on Extrasolar Planets
By tracking fierce winds racing through the atmospheres of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that magnetic fields ...
Astronomers Have Uncovered a Strange Pattern in The Winds of Alien Worlds
The hottest giant planets in the galaxy should, in theory, have the fastest winds.
How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves
Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered
It’s 2234, you’re on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one more exoplanetary system to explor...
[2605.31523] Mind the Companion : Demographics of Transiting S-type Exoplanets
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31523: Mind the Companion : Demographics of Transiting S-type Exoplanets
[2511.03045] Quantifying the Impact of Starspot-Crossing Events on Retrieved Parameters from Transit Lightcurves
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2511.03045: Quantifying the Impact of Starspot-Crossing Events on Retrieved Parameters from Transit Lightcurves
Astronomers discover red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets
Astronomers have recently discovered red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets. While this highlights the destructive behavior of red dwarfs, it also ...
Earthly Hors d'oeuvres For Hungry Red Dwarfs
We know that stars can engulf planets because stars that swell up to become red giants overwhelm any close-in planets. The Sun will do this to Venus, Mercury, a...
[2605.28635] Comparing telluric removal methods in their capability to recover injected exoplanet atmosphere signals with high resolution emission spectroscopy
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28635: Comparing telluric removal methods in their capability to recover injected exoplanet atmosphere signals with high reso...
[2605.28719] A Homogeneous Catalog of Rossiter-McLaughlin Systems: Distinct $e$-$λ$ Trends in Three Gas-Giant Mass Regimes
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28719: A Homogeneous Catalog of Rossiter-McLaughlin Systems: Distinct $e$-$λ$ Trends in Three Gas-Giant Mass Regimes
[2605.28755] Hidden worlds: a non-transiting candidate planet in the Neptunian desert around the solar-type pulsator KIC 9139163
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28755: Hidden worlds: a non-transiting candidate planet in the Neptunian desert around the solar-type pulsator KIC 9139163
[2605.28768] The unique ability of the Hubble Space Telescope to characterize young exoplanet environments
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28768: The unique ability of the Hubble Space Telescope to characterize young exoplanet environments
Team discovers daily cloud cycle on Hot Jupiter planet
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