Misurate le proprietà del pianeta orbitante attorno alla stella giovane TOI-5734: un sub-nettuniano roccioso dalla densità simile a quella della Terra Nonostante gli oltre 6000 esopianeti scoperti finora, la nostra conoscenza dei processi di formazione planetaria risulta ancora limitata. Questo perché la verifica dei modelli teorici richiederebbe l’osservazione e la caratterizzazione di pianeti attorno a stelle molto giovani. La
Gli esopianeti orbitanti attorno a stelle giovani sono di grande interesse scientifico, poiché permettono di vincolare i modelli che descrivono la formazione planetaria e le prime fasi di evoluzione dei sistemi planetari. Inoltre, le stelle giovani sono tipicamente caratterizzate da un’intensa attività magnetica; questa produce un’abbondante emissione di radiazione ad alta energia che, incidendo sulle atmosfere dei pianeti, può alterarne
At just 60 light-years away from us, the M-type star GJ 3998 hosts a system of three super-Earths, discovered and studied thanks to observations from the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo. M-type stars are among the most important targets in the search for exoplanets, primarily for two reasons: they are the most numerous stars in our Galaxy, and the most commonly
One of the most interesting aspects of exoplanetary science is the possibility of studying worlds that are not present in our Solar System (at least, not today). Some of these exoplanets possess such extreme properties that they are of great scientific interest. This is certainly the case for the Ultra-Hot Jupiter KELT-9b. It is a gas giant with a mass
Every sci-fi enthusiast, especially Star Wars fans, has wondered whether planets orbiting two stars, like Tatooine, can exist in reality. This is actually an important question in astronomy: It has been estimated that in the Milky Way, one-third of low-mass stars are in binary systems. Therefore, to fully understand the population of planets in our Galaxy, it is necessary to
In recent years, advances in instrumentation, knowledge, and observational strategies in the field of exoplanets have allowed for the identification and confirmation of thousands of planets around other stars (exoplanets). Moreover, for the past few years, astronomers have been capable of studying the chemistry and physical properties of the atmospheres of some of these exotic worlds. These studies can also
M dwarf stars, with temperature ranging between 2400 and 3900 K and mass between 0.08 and 0.7 solar masses, are ideal targets for the search of exoplanets. This because the most important techniques to search for exoplanets are more effective when applied to stars of this spectral type than to more massive stars. For instance, the method of radial velocity
About 19.3% of the 4001 exoplanets confirmed to date were discovered with the technique of the radial velocity (from https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/). This method consists in using time series of spectroscopic observations in order to measure the periodic oscillations of the position of stars due to the presence of orbiting exoplanets. In fact, in a planetary system both the planets and the
Low mass star (in particular M-type star, with a mass between 0.075 and 0.5 solar masses) are typical targets for the search and study of exoplanets. In these stars, in fact, the radial velocity method is more efficient than in stars with higher mass. Radial velocity consists in detecting periodic oscillations in the stellar spectra due to the motion of
The search of exoplanets relies mainly on two techniques: transits and radial velocity. With the former method exoplanets are revealed thanks to small and periodic dimming of the light of stars when their planets orbit across the stellar disk, producing a small eclipse. The method of radial velocity consists in revealing the oscillations of stars around the center of mass
