A JWST transmission spectrum of the nearby Earth-sized exoplanet LHS 475 b

J Lustig-Yaeger, G Fu, EM May, KNO Ceballos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The critical first step in the search for life on exoplanets over the next decade is to determine
whether rocky planets transiting small M-dwarf stars possess atmospheres and, if so, what …

A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067

R Luque, HP Osborn, A Leleu, E Pallé, A Bonfanti… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as 'sub-
Neptunes') are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars,. However …

Planet Mass and Metallicity: The Exoplanets and Solar System Connection

MR Swain, Y Hasegawa, DP Thorngren… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Theoretical studies of giant planet formation suggest that substantial quantities of metals—
elements heavier than hydrogen and helium—can be delivered by solid accretion during the …

TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1–26

A Prša, A Kochoska, KE Conroy, N Eisner… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present a catalog of 4584 eclipsing binaries observed during the first two
years (26 sectors) of the TESS survey. We discuss selection criteria for eclipsing binary …

Detection of atmospheric escape from four young mini-Neptunes

M Zhang, HA Knutson, F Dai, L Wang… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We use Keck/NIRSPEC to survey a sample of of young (< 1 Gyr), short-period mini-
Neptunes orbiting nearby K dwarfs to measure their mass loss via the metastable helium …

TOI-1136 is a young, coplanar, aligned planetary system in a pristine resonant chain

F Dai, K Masuda, C Beard, P Robertson… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Convergent disk migration has long been suspected to be responsible for forming planetary
systems with a chain of mean-motion resonances (MMRs). Dynamical evolution over time …

Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf

L Delrez, CA Murray, FJ Pozuelos, N Narita… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. In the age of JWST, temperate terrestrial exoplanets transiting nearby late-type M
dwarfs provide unique opportunities for characterising their atmospheres, as well as …

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). VI. An 11 Myr giant planet transiting a very-low-mass star in lower Centaurus Crux

AW Mann, ML Wood, SP Schmidt… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Mature super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are predicted to be≃ Jovian radius when younger
than 10 Myr. Thus, we expect to find 5–15 R⊕ planets around young stars even if their older …

A super-massive Neptune-sized planet

L Naponiello, L Mancini, A Sozzetti, AS Bonomo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Neptune-sized planets exhibit a wide range of compositions and densities, depending on
factors related to their formation and evolution history, such as the distance from their host …

A pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 characterized with CHEOPS

TG Wilson, E Goffo, Y Alibert, D Gandolfi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report the discovery and characterization of a pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-
dwarf TOI-1064 (TIC 79748331), initially detected in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey …