Astrophysical: Exoplanets

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    A giant planet around a tiny star
    An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of Liège and collaborators in UK...
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    A GTC survey of exoplanet atmosphere with transmission spectroscopy
    Transmission spectroscopy has been a powerful tool to decipher the atmospheric compositions of transiting exoplanets. The recent HST survey has shown that...
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    A Mini-Neptune Orbiting the Metal-poor K Dwarf BD+29 2654
    We report the discovery and Doppler mass measurement of a 7.4 days 2.3 R ⊕ mini-Neptune around a metal-poor K dwarf BD+29 2654 (TOI-2018). Based on a high...
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    A Near-infrared Chemical Inventory of the Atmosphere of 55 Cancri e
    We present high-resolution near-infrared spectra taken during eight transits of 55 Cancri e, a nearby low-density super-Earth with a short orbital period (<18...
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    A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
    In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface temperatures...
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    A new, potentially inhabitable super-Earth
    Researchers at the University of Oviedo, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have discovered and characterized a planet in the...
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    A planet in the process of formation found round the nearby young star AU Mic
    An international team of scientists, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planet of the size of Neptune...
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    A Second Planet Transiting LTT 1445A and a Determination of the Masses of Both Worlds
    LTT 1445 is a hierarchical triple M-dwarf star system located at a distance of 6.86 pc. The primary star LTT 1445A (0.257 M ⊙) is known to host the transiting...
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    A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
    An international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...