November 2018 – Red Dots

The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth — a so-called super-Earth. Data from a worldwide array of telescopes, including ESO’s planet-hunting HARPS instrument, have revealed this frozen, dimly lit world. The newly discovered planet is the second-closest known exoplanet to the Earth and orbits the fastest moving star in the night sky. This image shows an artist’s impression of the planet’s surface.

Announcing Barnard’s star b! Red Dots data and many more observatories involved

14th November 2018 Guillem Anglada-Escude 0

[extract of press releace, issued by the Institute d’Estudis Especials de Catalunya www.ieec.cat ] Measurements from high-precision instruments reveal a cold super-Earth around Barnard’s star An international team of astronomers led by Ignasi Ribas of […]