Tootfinder

The dark and featureless surface of rocky #exoplanet LHS 3844 b from JWST mid-infrared spectroscopy: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00100 or https://www.mpg.de/26439637/zieba_2026_lhs3844b_initialsubmission.pdf -> Astronomers Explore the Surface Composition of a Nearby Super-Earth: https://www.mpia.de/news/science/2026-03-lhs3844b - Webb observations constrain the properties of a rocky exoplanet’s hot crust.

Constraining an #exoplanet's magnetic field using star-planet interactions: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06969 -> Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/planet-orbits-so-close-to-its-star-that-their-magnetic-fields-connect/ - at the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star’s chromosphere brightens.

Unraveling the Mystery of the Peculiar and Young Hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b II - Phase Resolved Emission Spectroscopy with VLT/CRIRES and Gemini-S/IGRINS: #exoplanet challenges what it means to be a hot Jupiter: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/oddball-exoplanet-challenges-what-it-means-to-be-a-hot-jupiter

Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant #Exoplanet β Pictoris d - A Decade-Long Game of Hide-and-Seek / Discovery of an Exterior Third Planet Orbiting β Pictoris: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23801 / https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23789

Mapping an #exoplanet in longitude with time-resolved transmission spectra: https://www.mpg.de/26789588/gapp_wasp-121b_submitted_version.pdf -> Astronomers find variations between the morning and the evening conditions of an ultra-hot exoplanet: https://www.mpia.de/news/science/2026-04-wasp-121-b

Cloudy mornings and clear evenings on a giant extrasolar world: #exoplanet