Astrophysical: Exoplanets

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    Eddington's planet finding capabilities
    The capabilities of Eddington for the detection and analysis of extrasolar planets are outlined. The primary goal of the PF (Planet finding) part of the mission...
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    El IAC celebra la Revisión de los Requisitos del Sistema (SRR) de la misión espacial IACSAT-1
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), a través de su departamento IACTEC-Espacio, celebra hoy la System Requirements Review (SRR) de la misión IACSAT-1...
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    El transito de Venus del 6 Junio de 2012: Del sistema solar a los exoplanetas
    El pasado 6 de Junio de 2012 tuvo lugar el ultimo transito de Venus frente al Sol del siglo XXI, visible desde la Tierra. Los transitos de Venus han sido...
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    Eleven New Transiting Brown Dwarfs and Very-low-mass Stars from TESS
    We present the discovery of 11 new transiting brown dwarfs (BDs) and low-mass M dwarfs from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission: TOI...
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    ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun
    An international scientific team led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered the presence of two planets with Earth-like...
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    ESPRESSO confirms Proxima b 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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    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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    Evidence for Low-level Dynamical Excitation in Near-resonant Exoplanet Systems
    The geometries of near-resonant planetary systems offer a relatively pristine window into the initial conditions of exoplanet systems. Given that near-resonant...
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    Evidence for TiO in the Atmosphere of the Hot Jupiter HAT-P-65 b
    We present the low-resolution transmission spectra of the puffy hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b (0.53 M Jup, 1.89 R Jup, T eq = 1930 K), based on two transits observed...