27 June 2016
Protoplanetary disc shares similarities with our own Solar System say researchers
... project using data gathered from instruments aboard the Herschel Space Observatory to study how multi-planet systems beyond our own Solar System formed. by performing full spectral scans of young stellar objects embedded in protoplanetary discs. The...
28 August 2016
How habitable is Proxima b?
... non-condensible gases (with a greenhouse effect or not) to prevent the formation of a cold-trap on the planet’s surface. To do this, a planet would need an appreciable atmosphere to lock the volatiles in. Inevitably, comparisons are drawn with Venus...
07 January 2019
Two new firsts for exoplanets found by TESS
... is certainly looking a desirable place in which to study “planetary composition and architecture in multi-planet systems”, say the team, whose lead author on the research paper is Diana Dragomir from the Department of Physics ...
January 2016
How to Build Planets
... hundreds more awaiting further analysis, and these detections are not just limited to singular planets. A number of multi-planet systems have also been identified, such as 55 Cancri A. Formation of an accretion disc around a star Located 41 light...
11 April 2018
Revealing planet formation processes with SPHERE
... as TRAPPIST-1 and Kepler-90, it has become clear that planetary systems are as diverse as the planets that inhabit them. Hoping to uncover just how varied the birthplace of multi-planet systems are is SPHERE and recent images show that like the...
