In the past few years, significant advances have been made in understanding the
distributions of exoplanet populations and the architecture of planetary systems. We review …

Over the past two decades, large strides have been made in the field of planet formation. Yet
fundamental questions remain. Here we review our state of understanding of five …

The astrophysical origin of gravitational wave (GW) events discovered by LIGO/VIRGO
remains an outstanding puzzle. In active galactic nuclei (AGNs), compact-object binaries …

Context. Previous theoretical works on planet formation around low-mass stars have often
been limited to large planets and individual systems. As current surveys routinely detect …

Geochemical and astronomical evidence demonstrates that planet formation occurred in two
spatially and temporally separated reservoirs. The origin of this dichotomy is unknown. We …

The orbital distribution of giant planets is crucial for understanding how terrestrial planets
form and predicting yields of exoplanet surveys. Here, we derive giant planets occurrence …

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 …

We present a systematic search for transiting giant planets () orbiting nearby low-mass stars
(). The formation of giant planets around low-mass stars is predicted to be rare by the core …

Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …

The abundance of heavy elements (metallicity) in the photospheres of stars similar to the
Sun provides a 'fossil'record of the chemical composition of the initial protoplanetary disk …