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Planets Scattering Planets in Warm Jupiter Systems
A recent study has found that the observed mass–eccentricity relation of warm Jupiters can be explained by dynamical interactions between planets in these systems.
Astrobites
Dust Deal with It
Astrobites reports on why we might need a cosmic feather duster to see life on other worlds.
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When Bright Spots Go Dark
New modeling tests a common assumption that’s important for interpreting exoplanet spectra: that stars of all spectral types exhibit bright magnetized regions called faculae.
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Who Needs Jupiter?
The original plan for an upcoming flagship mission to Uranus called for a slingshot around Jupiter. Now that the planet won’t be in the right position at launch time, the spacecraft will need to follow a different path.