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most citedThe K2 Mission: Characterization and Early results

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astro-ph.EP2024

The TESS-Keck Survey. XXII. A sub-Neptune Orbiting TOI-1437

Daria Pidhorodetska, Emily A. Gilbert, Stephen R. Kane +40

Exoplanet discoveries have revealed a dramatic diversity of planet sizes across a vast array of orbital architectures. Sub-Neptunes are of particular interest; due to their absence…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

JWST Directly Images Giant Planet Candidates Around Two Metal-Polluted White Dwarf Stars

Susan E. Mullally, John Debes, Misty Cracraft +9

We report the discovery of two directly imaged, giant planet candidates orbiting the metal-rich DAZ white dwarfs WD 1202-232 and WD 2105-82. JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) d…

astro-ph.EP2023

A MIRI Search for Planets and Dust Around WD 2149+02

Sabrina Poulsen, John Debes, Misty Cracraft +9

The launch of JWST has ushered in a new era of high precision infrared astronomy, allowing us to probe nearby white dwarfs for cold dust, exoplanets, and tidally heated exomoons. W…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 2 cited

Evidence that Core-Powered Mass-Loss Dominates Over Photoevaporation in Shaping the Kepler Radius Valley

Travis A. Berger, Joshua E. Schlieder, Daniel Huber +1

The dearth of planets with sizes around 1.8 is a key demographic feature discovered by the mission. Two theories have emerged as potential explanations…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 29 cited

TOI-836: A super-Earth and mini-Neptune transiting a nearby K-dwarf

Faith Hawthorn, Daniel Bayliss, Thomas G. Wilson +137

We present the discovery of two exoplanets transiting TOI-836 (TIC 440887364) using data from TESS Sector 11 and Sector 38. TOI-836 is a bright ( mag), high proper motion…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 1 cited

Scaling K2. V. Statistical Validation of 60 New Exoplanets From K2 Campaigns 2-18

Jessie L. Christiansen, Sakhee Bhure, Jon K. Zink +39

The NASA K2 mission, salvaged from the hardware failures of the Kepler telescope, has continued Kepler's planet-hunting success. It has revealed nearly 500 transiting planets aroun…