Category Archives: Exoplanet Science

Orbital Migration in Process: NEID Discovers a Giant Exoplanet in a Highly Disturbed Orbit

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Paul M Robertson

Introduction Today, the NEID Science Team announced the discovery of the exoplanet TIC 241249530b, a giant exoplanet with some truly remarkable properties.  The planet follows an oblong, highly eccentric orbit around its star; if we compare it to objects in … Continue reading →

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NEID measures a spin-orbit angle for a long period planet

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Paul M Robertson

Background The TESS mission continues to discover fruitful exoplanet systems ripe for various types of detailed study, including with NEID. Recently, we investigated the spin-orbit angle of a planet in the TOI-1670 system. The NEID team has investigated this kind … Continue reading →

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Constraining the Spin-Orbit angle of the Young Warm Neptune TOI-2076b with NEID

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Robert Frazier

Beyond Discovery High-resolution, super-precise instruments like NEID can do much more than just discover new exoplanets and measure their masses.  For certain planets, NEID may be able to detect molecules in their atmospheres, or–as we will see here–measure detailed properties … Continue reading →

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NEID Validates a Venus-like Exoplanet

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Paul M Robertson

Despite challenges caused by a global pandemic, the NEID team has adapted, and is already putting out important new exoplanet science.  Much of the early science efforts with NEID have focused on detailed characterization of new exoplanets discovered by the … Continue reading →

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