Using a weather prediction code to model exoplanet atmospheres
Weather prediction on the Earth, as anyone who has a weather-dependant hobby knows, is a tricky business. It is, however, something scientists have, over the…
The Diversity of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Weather prediction on the Earth, as anyone who has a weather-dependant hobby knows, is a tricky business. It is, however, something scientists have, over the…
So, after the transit of Venus, back to other planetary transits far, far away. Tomorrow, the Hubble Space Telescope will turn to WASP-17, to measure…
The First Known Transiting Planet HD 209458 b was the first planet confirmed using the transit method. The light dimming due to its transit was…
What does the sunset look like on HD 209458 b? Amazingly, we know quite accurately. This is because the colour of the sunset is exactly…
An outline of the paper: A Survey of Alkali Line Absorption in Exoplanetary Atmospheres by A. G. Jensen et al. As exoplanet detections are becoming more…
