About 20 years after the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, the number of planets known
has grown by three orders of magnitude, and continues to increase at neck breaking pace …

Clouds and hazes are commonplace in the atmospheres of solar system planets and are
likely ubiquitous in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets as well. Clouds affect every aspect …

Context. A new class of exoplanets has emerged: the ultra hot Jupiters, the hottest close-in
gas giants. The majority of them have weaker-than-expected spectral features in the 1.1− 1.7 …

ABSTRACT The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA-sponsored
Explorer mission that will perform a wide-field survey for planets that transit bright host stars …

The composition of a planet's atmosphere is determined by its formation, evolution, and
present-day insolation. A planet's spectrum therefore may hold clues on its origins. We …

Context. Hot Jupiters exhibit atmospheric temperatures ranging from hundreds to thousands
of Kelvin. Because of their large day-night temperature differences, condensable species …

Neptune-sized extrasolar planets that orbit relatively close to their host stars—often called"
hot Neptunes"—are common within the known population of exoplanets and planetary …

Motivated by recent spectroscopic evidence for carbon-rich atmospheres on some transiting
exoplanets, we investigate the influence of the C/O ratio on the chemistry, composition, and …

A revised rotation-vibration line list for the combined hydrogen cyanide (HCN)/hydrogen
isocyanide (HNC) system is presented. The line list uses ab initio transition intensities …

The inner edge of the classical habitable zone is often defined by the critical flux needed to
trigger the runaway greenhouse instability. This 1D notion of a critical flux, however, may not …