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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2019 Clouds, which are common features in Earth's atmosphere, form in atmospheres of planets that orbit other stars than our Sun, in so-called extrasolar planets or exoplanets. Exoplanet atmospheres can be chemically extremely rich. Exoplanet clouds are therefore composed of a mix of materials that changes throughout the atmosphere.
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The Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets
Challenges, 2014 We have now confirmed the existence of > 1800 planets orbiting stars other thanthe Sun; known as extrasolar planets or exoplanets. The different methods for detectingsuch planets are sensitive to different regions of parameter space, and so, we are ...
Ken Rice
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The Next Great Exoplanet Hunt [PDF]
, 2015 What strange new worlds will our next-generation telescopes find?Comment: Published in American Scientist: Volume 103, Number 3, Pages 196 to 203 (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2015/3/the-next-great-exoplanet-hunt).
Heng, Kevin, Winn, Joshua
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Follow-Up and Validation of K2 and TESS Planetary Systems With Keck NIRC2 Adaptive Optics Imaging
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 High resolution imaging (HRI) is a critical part of the transiting exoplanet follow-up and validation process. HRI allows previously unresolved stellar companions and background blends to be resolved, vetting false positive signals and improving the ...
Joshua E. Schlieder +9 more
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Indexing Exoplanets with Physical Conditions Potentially Suitable for Rock-Dependent Extremophiles
Life, 2020 The search for different life forms elsewhere in the universe is a fascinating area of research in astrophysics and astrobiology. Currently, according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive database, 3876 exoplanets have been discovered.
Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh +4 more
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Disintegrating Rocky Exoplanets [PDF]
, 2017 We discuss a new class of exoplanets that appear to be emitting a tail of dusty effluents. These disintegrating planets are found close to their host stars and have very hot, and likely molten, surfaces. The properties of the dust should provide a direct probe of the constituent material of these rocky bodies.
Lieshout, Rik van, Rappaport, Saul
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Is there an exoplanet in the Solar system? [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 2016 Abstract We investigate the prospects for the capture of the proposed Planet 9 from other stars in the Sun's birth cluster. Any capture scenario must satisfy three conditions: the encounter must be more distant than ∼150 au to avoid perturbing the Kuiper belt; the other star must have a wide-orbit planet (a ≳ 100 au); the planet must be ...
Mustill, Alexander J., +2 more
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Muons, mutations, and planetary shielding
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Life on earth is protected from astrophysical cosmic rays by the heliospheric magnetic and slowly varying geomagnetic fields, and by collisions with oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere.
Piet C. de Groen
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Exploring radio emissions from confirmed exoplanets using SKA
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesOur understanding of magnetic fields in exoplanets remains limited compared to those within our solar system. Planets with magnetic fields emit radio signals primarily due to the Electron Cyclotron Maser Instability mechanism.
Fatemeh Bagheri +3 more
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, 2021 The internal structure of any planet is the result of its composition, radiation environment and age. Exoplanet interiors are hidden worlds that we are offered a glimpse into via the measurements of the most fundamental planet parameters; radius and mass. With this knowledge, we can distinguish rocky Earth-like planets from gaseous giants.
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