Astrophysical: Exoplanets

  • Talk
    Introduction of MuSCAT for exoplanet studies and its initial results
    NASA's Kepler mission has made a revolution in discovering a large number of transiting exoplanets. Moreover K2, TESS, and PLATO will provide more transiting...
  • News
    James Webb telescope reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before
    NASA's space telescope has produced a molecular and chemical portrait of the atmospheric constituents of exoplanet WASP-39 b, a Saturn-sized behemoth that orbit...
  • Talk
    Kyoto 3.8m segmented telescope project
    The 3.8m optical and infrared telescope, which is Japan's first segmented mirror telescope, is now being constructed using the world's first super high...
  • Talk
    Light elements in stars with exoplanets
    The surface abundance of lithium on the Sun is 140 times less than protosolar, yet the temperature at the base of the surface convective zone is not hot enough...
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    Living with a red dwarf: X-ray and UV emissions of red dwarf stars and effects on hosted planets and their suitability for life
    Red Dwarf (dM) stars are the most numerous stars in our Galaxy. These faint, cool, long-lived, and low mass stars make up > 80% of all stars in the Universe...
  • Talk
    Mass-Metallicity Trends in Transiting Exoplanets
    Atmospheric compositions can provide powerful diagnostics of formation and migration histories of planetary systems. In this talk, I will present the results of...
  • News
    Massive collision in the planetary system Kepler 107
    Two of the planets which are orbiting the star Kepler 107 could be the result of an impact similar to that which affected the Earth to produce the Moon. An...
  • Talk
    Master Robotic Net
    The main goal of the MASTER-Net project is to produce a unique fast sky survey with all sky observed over a single night down to a limiting magnitude of 21...
  • Publication
    Migration and Evolution of giant ExoPlanets (MEEP). I. Nine Newly Confirmed Hot Jupiters from the TESS Mission
    Hot Jupiters were many of the first exoplanets discovered in the 1990s, but in the decades since their discovery the mysteries surrounding their origins have...