Astrophysical: Exoplanets

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    TESS Investigation—Demographics of Young Exoplanets (TI-DYE). IV. A Jovian-radius Planet Orbiting a 34 Myr Sun-like Star in the Vela Association
    The discovery of infant (<50 Myr), close-in (<30-day-period) planets is vital in understanding the formation mechanisms that lead to the distribution of mature...
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    TESS Spots a Super-puff: The Remarkably Low Density of TOI-1420b
    We present the discovery of TOI-1420b, an exceptionally low-density (ρ = 0.08 ± 0.02 g cm -3) transiting planet in a P = 6.96 days orbit around a late G-dwarf...
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    TESS, Spitzer and the GTC detect a planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
    With data from NASA’s TESS satellite, from the now retired Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) an international team of astronomers...
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    Testing the performance of cross-correlation techniques to search for molecular features in JWST NIRSpec G395H observations of transiting exoplanets
    Cross-correlations techniques offer an alternative method to search for molecular species in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations of exoplanet...
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    The Aligned Orbit of a Hot Jupiter around the M Dwarf TOI-4201
    Measuring the obliquities of stars hosting giant planets may shed light on the dynamical history of planetary systems. Significant efforts have been made to...
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    The CHEOPS mission
    The CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) was selected on October 19, 2012, as the first small mission (S-mission) in the ESA Science Programme and...
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    The CHEOPS mission measures the properties of one of the hottest and most extreme extrasolar planets
    CHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating, has observed a...
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    The CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanets
    CHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination with Switzerland, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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    The CoRoT exoplanet program: status & results
    The CoRoT space mission aims at detecting planets with the transit method. In operation for more than 6 years, the instrument has monitored a couple of ten...