The basic geometry of the Solar System—the shapes, spacings, and orientations of the
planetary orbits—has long been a subject of fascination as well as inspiration for planet …

The detection of exoplanets orbiting other stars has revolutionized our view of the cosmos.
First results suggest that it is teeming with a fascinating diversity of rocky planets, including …

I introduce batman, a Python package for modeling exoplanet transit and eclipse light
curves. The batman package supports calculation of light curves for any radially symmetric …

Results from the Kepler mission indicate that the occurrence rate of small planets (< 3 R⊕)
in the habitable zone of nearby low-mass stars may be as high as 80%. Despite this …

We present an improved estimate of the occurrence rate of small planets orbiting small stars
by searching the full four-year Kepler data set for transiting planets using our own planet …

The K2 mission will make use of the Kepler spacecraft and its assets to expand upon
Kepler's groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics through …

In the past decade, observations from space and the ground have found water to be the
most abundant molecular species, after hydrogen, in the atmospheres of hot, gaseous …

We show that terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of M dwarfs older than∼ 1 Gyr could
have been in runaway greenhouses for several hundred million years following their …

Determining whether Earth-like planets are common or rare looms as a touchstone in the
question of life in the universe. We searched for Earth-size planets that cross in front of their …

Ground-and space-based planet searches employing radial velocity techniques and transit
photometry have detected thousands of planet-hosting stars in the Milky Way. With so many …