M dwarf stars, which have masses less than 60 per cent that of the Sun, make up 75 per cent of the population of the stars in the Galaxy. The atmospheres of...
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PublicationA temperate rocky super-Earth transiting a nearby cool star
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PublicationA transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250K and 430K
Of the over 400 known exoplanets, there are about 70 planets that transit their central star, a situation that permits the derivation of their basic parameters...
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PublicationA wide star-black-hole binary system from radial-velocity measurements
All stellar-mass black holes have hitherto been identified by X-rays emitted from gas that is accreting onto the black hole from a companion star. These systems...
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PublicationAlbedo and atmospheric constraints of dwarf planet Makemake from a stellar occultation
Pluto and Eris are icy dwarf planets with nearly identical sizes, comparable densities and similar surface compositions as revealed by spectroscopic studies...
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PublicationAn irradiated brown-dwarf companion to an accreting white dwarf
Interacting compact binary systems provide a natural laboratory in which to study irradiated substellar objects. As the mass-losing secondary (donor) in these...
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PublicationAn irradiated brown-dwarf companion to an accreting white dwarf
Interacting compact binary systems provide a natural laboratory in which to study irradiated substellar objects. As the mass-losing secondary (donor) in these...
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PublicationAn optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with type Ic supernovae that are more luminous than average and that eject material at very high velocities...
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PublicationAnisotropic satellite galaxy quenching modulated by black hole activity
The evolution of satellite galaxies is shaped by their constant interaction with the circumgalactic medium surrounding central galaxies, which in turn may be...
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PublicationAuthor Correction: A super-massive Neptune-sized planet