Planets intermediate in size between the Earth and Neptune, and orbiting closer to their host
stars than Mercury does the Sun, are the most common type of planet revealed by exoplanet …

The prospects for the habitability of M-dwarf planets have long been debated, due to key
differences between the unique stellar and planetary environments around these low-mass …

Context. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun. This small, low-mass, mid M dwarf is
known to host an Earth-mass exoplanet with an orbital period of 11.2 days within the …

Transiting planet surveys like Kepler have provided a wealth of information on the
distribution of planetary radii, particularly for the new populations of super-Earth-and sub …

To date, the radial velocity (RV) method has been one of the most productive techniques for
detecting and confirming extrasolar planetary candidates. Unfortunately, stellar activity can …

We report the distribution of planets as a function of planet radius, orbital period, and stellar
effective temperature for orbital periods less than 50 days around solar-type (GK) stars …

We use models of coupled thermal evolution and photo-evaporative mass loss to
understand the formation and evolution of the Kepler-36 system. We show that the large …

We report on the masses, sizes, and orbits of the planets orbiting 22 Kepler stars. There are
49 planet candidates around these stars, including 42 detected through transits and 7 …

In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary
scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and …

We study the masses and radii of 65 exoplanets smaller than 4 R⊕ with orbital periods
shorter than 100 days. We calculate the weighted mean densities of planets in bins of 0.5 …