Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a ...

We search for extrasolar planets and determine their properties. We develop models that describe the atmospheres of the planets. We want to find out what makes a planet favourable to life. Through ...

In this research area we investigate everything from the earliest formation of planets via dynamic collisions, to the atmospheres and characteristics of solar system planets and exoplanets. Exoplanet ...

Clouds of sand can condense, grow and disappear in some extraterrestrial atmospheres. A new look at old data shows that clouds made of hot silicate minerals are common in celestial objects known ...

Astronomy Exoplanets Exoplanet evolution? Mini-Neptunes may shed their atmospheres and become super-Earths News By Doris Elin Urrutia published February 5, 2022 ...

Breaking Symmetries Fundamentally, the properties that quantum atmospheres unmask are symmetries. Different phases of matter, and the properties unique to a phase, can be thought of in terms of ...

Back to Article List Are exoplanets with oxygen atmospheres overrated? A new study warns that astronomers shouldn’t consider oxygen-rich atmospheres as iron-clad evidence for life on other worlds.

Based on what’s known about how planets form, pure hydrogen atmospheres should be rare, says planetary scientist Daniel Koll of MIT, who was not involved in the new work.