We present the discovery of TOI-6303b and TOI-6330b, two massive transiting super-Jupiters orbiting a M0 and a M2 dwarf star, respectively, as part of the Searching for Giant Exoplanets around M-dwarf Stars (GEMS) survey. These were detected by…
Category: 2. Space
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Searching for GEMS: Two Super-Jupiters Around M Dwarfs that May have Formed via Gravitational Instability
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Observations and Studies on the Transiting Systems HAT-P-36, XO-2 and WASP-76
We conducted photometric observations for transit events of three exoplanetary systems HAT-P-36, XO-2 and WASP-76 using the 1 m and 2.4 m telescopes at Yunnan Observatories and the 0.85 m telescope at National Astronomical Observatories of China….
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Haunting Image Shows The Moon Deimos From The Surface of Mars : ScienceAlert
There’s not much hustle and bustle on Mars. The red planet is inhabited by no-one that we know of, except the robotic rovers toiling away to excavate its secrets.
The only sound you’d hear is the whispering of the wind. There are no crowds,…
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Michael Altenhofen Is NASA Deputy Chief of Staff
Keith’s note: Michael Altenhofen – who joined NASA from SpaceX in January 2025 as a “special “Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator” has been named as Deputy Chief of Staff according to his LinkedIn page. If he was a ‘Special Government…
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The White House Appointee Review Process
Keith’s note: The President only found out about this “prior associations” issue (whatever that is) with regard to Jared Isaacman months after his nomination, a lengthy confirmation process, with a Senate vote on the calendar for this week….
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