Planetary Science Astronomers Uncover Mysterious Origins Of ‘Super-Earths’ (Planetary Science) 10 Feb 2021 Study shows super-Earths are not leftovers of mini-Neptunes, challenging our understanding of planetary formation Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our own are the most common…
Planetary Science Can Super-Earth Interior Dynamics Set The Table For Habitability? (Planetary Science) 10 Feb 2021 New research led by Carnegie’s Yingwei Fei provides a framework for understanding the interiors of super-Earths—rocky exoplanets between 1.5 and 2 times the size of our home planet—which is a…
Planetary Science Super-Earth Atmospheres Probed At Sandia’s Z Machine (Planetary Science) 9 Feb 2021 A step in the search for life elsewhere in the galaxy The huge forces generated by the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories are being used to replicate the gravitational…
Planetary Science What Is the Water Storage Capacity of Planets? What Are The Effects of Hydration On Their Radius? (Planetary Science) 3 Feb 20213 Feb 2021 Summary: ○ By considering 3 types of planets: Dry planets (Type-1), hydrated planets (Type-2) and ocean planets (Type-3), Shah and colleagues answered three important questions in their study: (i) How…
Planetary Science UH Astronomers Find Evidence for Planets Shrinking Over Billions of Years (Planetary Science) 17 Jan 2021 A team of astronomers led by University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) graduate student Travis Berger has shown that an intriguing class of Neptune-sized planets shrinks over billions of years. Credit:…
