Rocky planet or water world? Observability of low-density lava world atmospheres

AAA Piette, P Gao, K Brugman, A Shahar… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Super-Earths span a wide range of bulk densities, indicating a diversity in interior conditions
beyond that seen in the solar system. In particular, an emerging population of low-density …

TOI-1801 b: A temperate mini-Neptune around a young M0. 5 dwarf

M Mallorquín, E Goffo, E Pallé, N Lodieu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We report the discovery, mass, and radius determination of TOI-1801 b, a temperate mini-
Neptune around a young M dwarf. TOI-1801 b was observed in TESS sectors 22 and 49 …

The fundamentals of Lyman α exoplanet transits

JE Owen, RA Murray-Clay, E Schreyer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Lyman α transits have been detected from several nearby exoplanets and are one of our
best insights into the atmospheric escape process. However, due to ISM absorption, we …

A compact multi-planet system transiting HIP 29442 (TOI-469) discovered by TESS and ESPRESSO-Radial velocities lead to the detection of transits with low signal-to …

M Damasso, J Rodrigues, A Castro-González… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. One of the goals of the Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable
Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) …

TOI-544 b: a potential water-world inside the radius valley in a two-planet system

HLM Osborne, V Van Eylen, E Goffo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We report on the precise radial velocity follow-up of TOI-544 (HD 290498), a bright K star
(V= 10.8), which hosts a small transiting planet recently discovered by the Transiting …

High-energy spectra of LTT 1445A and GJ 486 reveal flares and activity

H Diamond-Lowe, GW King, A Youngblood… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The high-energy radiative output, from the X-ray to the ultraviolet, of exoplanet host stars
drives photochemical reactions and mass loss in the upper regions of planetary …

spright: a probabilistic mass–density–radius relation for small planets

H Parviainen, R Luque, E Palle - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present spright, a python package that implements a fast and lightweight mass–density–
radius relation for small planets. The relation represents the joint planetary radius and bulk …

Masses, revised radii, and a third planet candidate in the 'Inverted'planetary system around TOI-1266

R Cloutier, M Greklek-McKeon… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Is the population of close-in planets orbiting M dwarfs sculpted by thermally driven escape or
is it a direct outcome of the planet formation process? A number of recent empirical results …

Eta-Earth revisited II: Deriving a maximum number of Earth-like habitats in the Galactic Disk

M Scherf, H Lammer, L Spross - Astrobiology, 2024 - liebertpub.com
In Lammer et al.(2024), we defined Earth-like habitats (EHs) as rocky exoplanets within the
habitable zone of complex life (HZCL) on which Earth-like N2-O2-dominated atmospheres …

Bioverse: The Habitable Zone Inner Edge Discontinuity as an Imprint of Runaway Greenhouse Climates on Exoplanet Demographics

M Schlecker, D Apai, T Lichtenberg… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Long-term magma ocean phases on rocky exoplanets orbiting closer to their star than the
runaway greenhouse threshold—the inner edge of the classical habitable zone—may offer …