New Ultra-Black Coating Could Enable the Search for Life on Exoplanets  http://dlvr.it/TSVl6h #AstrophysicsDivision #ExoplanetScience #Exoplanets
New model finds the lower size limit for habitable exoplanets

The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there's a huge variety of exoplanets out there, so narrowing down the search to focus valuable telescope time on only the best candidates is critical. One variable of a planet that will have a huge impact on its habitability is its size. A new paper, now available in preprint on arXiv, by researchers at the University of California Riverside, looks into the impact of a planet's size on one of its more critical features for habitability—whether it holds onto an atmosphere—and determines that slightly smaller than Earth is likely the smallest a planet can be and still be viable for life to develop.

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New alien-life test could help Mars and Europa missions read organic molecules

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking for on other planets or moons? A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, suggests that the more revealing clue may not be the molecules themselves, but the hidden order connecting them.

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This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets
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Key insight: <p>An oddity among exoplanets
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This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

An oddity among exoplanets, L 98-59 d is (so far) in a class all its own, but astronomers expect powerful new telescopes will eventually reveal more like it

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “TOI-4552 radial velocity time series” by Srivastava A. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/709/A73
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VizieR J/A+A/709/A73

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Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center http://dlvr.it/TSTjpY #Astrophysics #AstrophysicsDivision #Exoplanets
New Model Finds the Lower Size Limit for Habitable Exoplanets
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Latest: <p>The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest
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New Model Finds the Lower Size Limit for Habitable Exoplanets

The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there’s a huge variety of exoplanets out there, so narrowing down the search to focus valuable telescope time on only the best candidates is critical...

This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

An oddity among exoplanets, L 98-59 d is (so far) in a class all its own, but astronomers expect powerful new telescopes will eventually reveal more like it

Scientific American