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The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic ‘Neptunian desert’

Exoplanets, High-resolution Spectroscopy, Radial Velocity, Sub-Neptunes, Transits

Advertised on 09/16/2025 – 12:16:42 An international scientific team, including members of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has launched an ambitious program to map exoplanets located around the Neptunian Desert —a region around stars...

Astronomers find missing link to Galaxy’s most common planets

Atmospheres, Exoplanets, Radial Velocity, Rocky Planets, Sub-Neptunes, TESS, Transits

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit of Mercury — sizes and orbits absent from our solar system. These ‘super-Earths’ and...

The IAC participates in the first 3D mapping of the atmosphere of an exoplanet

Atmospheres, Exoplanets, Giant Planets, High-resolution Spectroscopy, Transits

An international team, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participates, has succeeded in mapping for the first time the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of an exoplanet, that is a planet beyond the Solar System. This research,...

The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic ‘Neptunian desert’

Astronomers find missing link to Galaxy’s most common planets

The IAC participates in the first 3D mapping of the atmosphere of an exoplanet

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