3 papers
astro-ph.IM2023
Deconstructing Alien Hunting
David Kipping, Jason Wright
The search for extraterrestrial (alien) life is one of the greatest scientific quests yet raises fundamental questions about just what we should be looking for and how. We approach…
astro-ph.EP2023
The giant nature of WD 1856 b implies that transiting rocky planets are rare around white dwarfs
David Kipping
White dwarfs (WDs) have roughly Earth-sized radii - a fact long recognized to facilitate the potential discovery of sub-Earth sized planets via transits, as well atmospheric charac…
astro-ph.EP2019
Loose Ends for the Exomoon Candidate Host Kepler-1625b
Alex Teachey, David Kipping, Christopher J. Burke +2
The claim of an exomoon candidate in the Kepler-1625b system has generated substantial discussion regarding possible alternative explanations for the purported signal. In this work…