February 2016
How to Build Planets
..., with 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...
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...
25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
...Neptune around the sun, Pluto completes two orbits. Multi-planet systems containing six or more exoplanets are relatively few ... preventing close encounters and collisions, identifying how and where planets like this form is a very important but as yet...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... we are to tackle the mission of making humanity a multi-planet species. Before the new century fades away on 31 December... into black holes, and perhaps heard signals from civilizations on planets in nearby star systems. Someday when we look up at ...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
.... Let’s look more broadly at space resources. Although our planet has managed to support a population that has now reached ...The alternative is to become a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species, which I hope you agree that is the right ...
11 April 2018
Revealing planet formation processes with SPHERE
... 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...
