Astrophysical: Exoplanets

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    The first “ultrahot Neptune” is discovered
    A team of astronomers from the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL)...
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    The IAC discovers a new super-Earth in a nearby planetary system
    An international scientific team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has identified a new super-Earth orbiting the star HD 176986, a K-type...
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    The IAC discovers a planetary nebula that destroyed its solar system
    An international team of researchers, including staff from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planetary nebula that destroyed its...
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    The IAC is involved in confirming the existence of an always-changing multi-planet system
    An international team of scientists, including researchers from the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC), has confirmed the existence of three bodies...
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    The IAC leads the first scientific results of NIRPS, the new infrared exoplanet hunter
    The new infrared spectrograph NIRPS, built with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and installed on the 3.6-metre telescope at...
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    The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic 'Neptunian desert'
    An international scientific team, including members of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has launched an ambitious program to map exoplanets...
  • Publication
    The life of stars and their planets
    We lack a reliable scenario for the formation and evolution of stars and their planetary systems, involving key factors such as magnetic fields and turbulence...
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    The Longest-period Young Transiting Exoplanets—A Duo of Puffy Giants inside a Debris Disk
    We identify two large-radius planets around the F-type star HD 114082 as the longest-period young transiting exoplanets known. From the first transit, detected...
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    The Multiplanet System TOI-421
    We report the discovery of a warm Neptune and a hot sub-Neptune transiting TOI-421 (BD-14 1137, TIC 94986319), a bright (V = 9.9) G9 dwarf star in a visual...