Transiting Planet News Today

The rocky exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, located about 22.5 light years away, has been observed transiting its star by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Didnt think that was a good idea. people would come up to me and say, "you can talk to my adviser, he thinks exoplanets are nothing. you shouldnt be doing this. hell tell you." professors would say, look, people are finding planets, i kind of believe them, but well never be able to study their atmospheres. when i was on the job market as a junior faculty, there was one transiting planet, hd 2459 b. they say, i get theres one object, i think its a one object, one-method success. i dont know if th...