Astrophysical: Exoplanet astronomy

  • News
    ESPRESSO confirms the nearest exo-Earth with unprecedented precision

    An international team, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participated, as well as institutions in Spain, Italy, Portugal...

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    Sucessful test of new technology which should help to discover “other Earths”

    A scientific team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, confirms the high...

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    Didier Queloz, Physics Nobel Prize Winner 2019, Is Developing an Advanced Terrestrial Planet Hunter for the Isaac Newton Telescope

    The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) warmly congratulate James Peebles (Princeton University...

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    La misión CHEOPS, en la que participa el IAC, observa sus primeros exoplanetas
  • Publication
    KELT-24b: A 5M <SUB>J</SUB> Planet on a 5.6 day Well-aligned Orbit around the Young V = 8.3 F-star HD 93148

    We present the discovery of KELT-24 b, a massive hot Jupiter orbiting a bright (V = 8.3 mag, K = 7.2 mag) young F-star with a period of 5.6 days. The host star...

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    A Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Transiting the Late-type M Dwarf LP 791-18

    Planets occur most frequently around cool dwarfs, but only a handful of specific examples are known to orbit the latest-type M stars. Using TESS photometry, we...