No exoplanets have been imaged directly, so astronomers are working out their sizes and dynamics by their effect on their parent stars. |
Even though COROT-9b is cooler than many other exoplanets, it's probably not habitable. |
Nevertheless, this unique observing technique opens a new phase in the exploration of exoplanets, or extrasolar planets, say astronomers. |
My research interests include the theory of transiting exoplanets, the development of novel detection techniques, signal detection theory and exomoonology. |
When astronomers study all those exoplanets and the systems they inhabit, it is natural to look to our own solar system as a template for other planetary systems. |
As of November 10, 2015, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, some of them in the 484 known multiplanetary systems. |