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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NewsESPRESSO confirms the nearest exo-Earth with unprecedented precision
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PublicationHD 191939: Three Sub-Neptunes Transiting a Sun-like Star Only 54 pc Away
We present the discovery of three sub-Neptune-sized planets transiting the nearby and bright Sun-like star HD 191939 (TIC 269701147, TOI 1339), a Ks = 7.18 mag...
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PublicationHyades Member K2-136c: The Smallest Planet in an Open Cluster with a Precisely Measured Mass
K2-136 is a late-K dwarf (0.742 ± 0.039 M ⊙) in the Hyades open cluster with three known, transiting planets and an age of 650 ± 70 Myr. Analyzing K2 photometry...
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PublicationJoint Analysis of Multicolor Photometry: A New Approach to Constrain the Nature of Multiple-star Systems Hosting Exoplanet Candidates
We present a new method to assess the properties of transiting planet candidates by multicolor photometry. By analyzing multicolor transit/eclipse light curves...
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PublicationKELT-24b: A 5M <SUB>J</SUB> Planet on a 5.6 day Well-aligned Orbit around the Young V = 8.3 F-star HD 93148
We present the discovery of KELT-24 b, a massive hot Jupiter orbiting a bright (V = 8.3 mag, K = 7.2 mag) young F-star with a period of 5.6 days. The host star...
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PublicationMOA-2020-BLG-135Lb: A New Neptune-class Planet for the Extended MOA-II Exoplanet Microlens Statistical Analysis
We report the light-curve analysis for the event MOA-2020-BLG-135, which leads to the discovery of a new Neptune-class planet, MOA-2020-BLG-135Lb. With a...
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PublicationOccurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters Around Early-type M Dwarfs Based on Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Data
We present an estimate of the occurrence rate of hot Jupiters (7 R ⊕ ≤ R p ≤ 2 R J, 0.8 ≤ P b ≤ 10 days) around early-type M dwarfs based on stars observed by...
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NewsSARA SEAGER: “En 10 años tendremos la capacidad de encontrar vida en un exoplaneta”
Esta profesora, del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), lidera el desarrollo de una nueva generación de telescopios espaciales para la detección de...
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PublicationStraKLIP: A Novel Pipeline for Detection and Characterization of Close-in Faint Companions through the Karhunen-Loéve Image Processing Algorithm
We present a new pipeline developed to detect and characterize faint astronomical companions at small angular separation from the host star using sets of wide...