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TESS Planet Occurrence Rates Reveal the Disappearance of the Radius Valley around Mid-to-late M Dwarfs: #exoplanets challenge theories of planet formation: https://news.mcmaster.ca/new-findings-about-exoplanets-challenge-theories-of-planet-formation/

What are #exoplanets and how do researchers find them? Learn more in our kids’ lecture on Astronomy Day, March 28th, at 3 PM. Including hands-on fun! In German.
More info here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/astronomietag2026

First JWST thermal phase curves of temperate terrestrial exoplanets reveal no thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c: #exoplanets for the first time using the James Webb space telescope.

A Stellar magnesium to silicon ratio in the atmosphere of an exoplanet: #Exoplanets and Their Host Stars: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2609/ - new observations provide the first direct evidence that exoplanets inherit rocky-element ratios from their host stars.

Jupiter-like uniform metal enrichment in a system of multiple giant #exoplanets: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08227 -> How big can a planet be? With very large gas giants, it can be hard to tell: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115679

Uncovering the rapidly evolving orbits of the dynamic TOI-201 system: #exoplanets