Thermal Emission and Confirmation of the Frigid White Dwarf Exoplanet WD 1856+534b

Kavli Affiliate: Andrew Vanderburg | First 5 Authors: Mary Anne Limbach, Andrew Vanderburg, Ryan J. MacDonald, Kevin B. Stevenson, Sydney Jenkins | Summary: We report the detection of thermal emission from and confirm the planetary nature of WD 1856+534b, the first transiting planet known to orbit a white dwarf star. Observations with JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument […]


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X-ray and radio polarimetry of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728-34

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: Unnati Kashyap, Thomas J. Maccarone, Thomas D. Russell, Mason Ng, Swati Ravi | Summary: We report the first X-ray and radio polarimetric results of the neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) atoll-source 4U 1728-34 using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and Australia Telescope Compact […]


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Darkness in the Crust: Searching for the truly “Dark” Subhalos with Paleo-detectors

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Xiuyuan Zhang, Lina Necib, Denis Erkal, , | Summary: Low-mass dark matter (DM) subhalos are pivotal in understanding the small-scale structure of the universe, thereby offering a sensitive method to discriminate between different cosmological models. In this study, we estimate the local number density of cold DM […]


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Prospects for Detecting Signs of Life on Exoplanets in the JWST Era

Kavli Affiliate: Sara Seager | First 5 Authors: Sara Seager, Luis Welbanks, Lucas Ellerbroek, William Bains, Janusz J. Petkowski | Summary: The search for signs of life in the Universe has entered a new phase with the advent of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Detecting biosignature gases via exoplanet atmosphere transmission spectroscopy is in […]


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WINTER on S250206dm: A near-infrared search for an electromagnetic counterpart

Kavli Affiliate: Gabor Furesz | First 5 Authors: Danielle Frostig, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Robert D. Stein, Nathan P. Lourie, Mansi M. Kasliwal | Summary: We present near-infrared follow-up observations of the International Gravitational Wave Network (IGWN) event S250206dm with the Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER). WINTER is a near-infrared time-domain survey designed for electromagnetic follow-up […]


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