2024 Exoplanet Archive News

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December 19, 2024

One Final Update of the Year: Five New Planets and Spectra for Six Planets

We're finishing 2024 by adding five more planets, bringing our confirmed planet count to 5,811. The new planets are KMT-2021-BLG-2609L b, KMT-2022-BLG-0303L b, TOI-4994 b, HD 86728 b, and TOI-406 c.

We have also added spectra for the following planets: HD 202772 A b, L98-59 b, CoRoT-1 b, WASP-29 b, WASP-80 b, and WASP-17 b. Access the new spectra from the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

See you in Maryland!

If you're travelng to the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), stop by the Caltech/IPAC-NExScI booth for a chat! We'll be at booth #715 in the Exhibit Hall. A summary of NExScI and IPAC-related activities at #AAS245 will be posted on the IPAC website in early January.

Happy Holidays from the Archive

The NASA Exoplanet Archive is taking a break from December 23 until January 2, during which time there will be no data or software updates. Responses to Helpdesk requests and social media may also be delayed.

The archive staff extend their warmest wishes and gratitude to our users. We look forward to celebrating another exoplanet milestone with you soon: 6,000 planets!

December 12, 2024

Getting CUTE With New Data

The archive has added a new dataset by NASA's Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) CubeSat. The mission is measuring near-ultraviolet transmission spectroscopy of a dozen Jupiter- and Neptune-sized planets and monitoring the stellar activity of the host stars.

The NASA Exoplanet Archive will host the spectroscopic time series for each transit observation. In this initial release, we are serving 20 transits across four planets: KELT-9 b, KELT-20 b, MASCARA-4 b, and WASP-189 b. Our Firefly-based interface provides a central location to browse, plot, and download the data, which include time series spectra and 2D FITS images.

To get started, click the Data pull-down menu in our site navigation and select CUTE Mission in the Other section, or go directly to https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/CUBESAT/nph-cubesat?cute.

Note: The Exoplanet Archive's interface provides access to the time series spectroscopy used to measure the transmission spectra, which will eventually also be served through the archive's Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

More information about CUTE mission data and the online service is provided on the User Guide tab within the interface:

Another Deluge of Data

This week's literature update includes 19 planets from super-Jupiters to mini-Neptunes, spectra for three planets, and parameters for 37 planets. We've also demoted K2-120 b to False Postive Planet status based on a published refutation.

The new planets are IRAS 04125+2902 b, TOI-1301.01, TOI-1630.01, TOI-1659.01, TOI-1716.01, TOI-1744.01, TOI-1768.01, TOI-1772.01, TOI-1777.01, TOI-1782.01 & .02, TOI-2211.01, TOI-4638.01, TOI-5726.01, TOI-6054.01 & .02, TOI-2458 b & c, and NGTS-33 b.

The systems with updated parameters are HAT-P-3 b, HAT-P-11 b & c, HAT-P-33 b, HAT-P-49 b, HD 89345 b, HD 106315 b & c, K2-105 b, Kepler-25 b, c, & d, Kepler-63 b, Kepler-105 b & c, WASP-47 b, c, d & e, WASP-107 b & c, WASP-156 b, WASP-166 b, TOI-1174 b, TOI-1180 b, TOI-1184 b, TOI-1244 b, TOI-1247 b, TOI-1467 b, TOI-1691 b, TOI-1723 b, TOI-1739 b, TOI-1758 b, TOI-1798 b & c, TOI-1799 b, and TOI-5799 b.

Click on the system names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

New spectra for HD 189733 b, WASP-107 b, and WASP-17 b have been added to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

Data for demoted planet K2-120 b have been removed from the Planetary Systems tables, but they are still available on the System Overview page. The object will also remain in the K2 Planets and Candidates table (with an updated disposition of False Positive Planet), but not in the K2 Confirmed Names table.

(Pro Tip: Our Excluded Targets page lists various objects that have been excluded, demoted, reinstated, or otherwise require additional explanation regarding their status.)

December 6, 2024

Our Biggest Data Update From the Literature in Five Years!

We've added new parameters for 1,901 known Kepler candidates and confirmed planets—our biggest data update from the literature in five years! These new data, taken from Fulton & Petigura (2018), use Gaia astrometry to more tightly constrain the previously measured stellar and planet radii. The paper has allowed the well-known radius gap to be clearly resolved.

This pre-filtered and pre-sorted Planetary Systems table lists all of the confirmed planets that have updated data from this week's release. For Kepler candidates, the new data are on the object's System Overview page, which you may access one of two ways:

• Go to the Cumulative KOI table and click onthe KepID in the first column, or
• Enter the KOI Name in the Explore the Archive search on our home page.

News panel image credit: Figure 8 from Fulton & Petigura (2018), AJ 156 264.

November 21, 2024

One Planet and 17 Measured Obliquities

We've added 17 new measured obliquities from Knudstrup et al. (2024), which bring the archive's projected obliquities count to 199 and the true obliquities count to 41. This growing sample provides more information about exoplanet formation and migration history, such as distinguishing between high eccentricity migration and disk migration of hot Jupiters.

There are also several new parameters for various planets, including an update to the GJ 229 B binary system, which is now listed as GJ 229 Ba and GJ 229 Bb in the archive. Check out their System Overview page!

The systems with updated parameters are HAT-P-11 b & c, K2-7 b, K2-54 b, K2-57 b, K2-77 b, K2-97 b, K2-98 b, K2-114 b, K2-115 b, K2-147 b, K2-167 b, K2-180 b, K2-181 b, K2-182 b, K2-203 b, K2-204 b, K2-208 b, K2-211 b, K2-225 b, K2-226 b, K2-237 b, K2-250 b, K2-260 b, K2-261 b, K2-265 b, K2-277 b, K2-321 b, and Kepler-80 b, c, d, e, f, & g. You'll find the new data in the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We've also added a new planet, TOI-6651 b, and a new transmission spectrum for V1298 Tau c.

News panel image credit: Knudstrup et al., A&A 690 A379 (2024)

November 7, 2024

Two New Planets and New Spectra for a Possible Lava World

We've added two new planets and new spectra for three planets, including spectra taken at five epochs for 55 Cnc e showing variability in atmospheric features. Check out this (possibly) volcanic exoplanet's NASA Exoplanet Travel Bureau poster!

You can access each spectrum from our Atmospheric Spectroscopy service, which captures 55 Cnc e's variability by the associated date for each spectrum. The other two planets with new spectra are COCONUTS-2 b and GJ 1214 b.

The two new planets, TOI-5713 b and TOI-6002 b, have been added to the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

News panel image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

October 24, 2024

Five New Planets, Including a Fourth Planet in a Puffy Planetary System

This week's new planets are four newly validated TESS candidates and a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, which is known for hosting "Super-Puffs"—planets with the density of cotton candy. Learn more about this unique class of young exoplanets in this 2019 NASA article, and read the discovery paper for Kepler-51 e.

The new TESS planets are TOI-1883 b, TOI-2274 b, TOI-2768 b, and TOI-5319 b. Click on the planet names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

News panel image credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak, J. Olmsted, D. Player and F. Summers (STScI)

October 17, 2024

Fourteen Planets and Two JWST Spectra

Among this week's 14 new planets are five sub-Earths found in Kepler photometry data—three of them ranking in the top 10 smallest exoplanets discovered to date!

The five new Kepler planets—Kepler-158 d, Kepler-879 c, Kepler-963 c, Kepler-1489 c, KOI-4978 b (a.k.a. Kepler-2003 b)—were discovered by an international team using a deep learning algorithm that combined GPU phase folding and convolutional neural networks. Learn more in the news release and discovery paper.

The rest of this week's new planets are TOI-2420 b, TOI-2485 b, HD 75898 c, TOI-5005 b, OGLE-2016-BLG-1598L b, OGLE-2016-BLG-1800L b, MOA-2016-BLG-526L b, KMT-2016-BLG-2321L b, and KMT-2023-BLG-1866L b.

Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We have also added new JWST transmission spectra for HIP 67522 b and GJ 9827 d to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table. (Pro Tip: You can access the table from the planet's Planetary Parameters section of its System Overview page.)

News panel image credit: Yan Shi (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

October 8, 2024

Barnard's Star's Planet Added!

The archive has added data for Barnard's star b (a.k.a. Barnard b), a planet discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. The system is located just six light-years from Earth and the planet is 20 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun—which makes it too hot to support liquid water.

Learn more about the discovery in the discovery paper and the European Space Observatory (ESO) news release, or go straight to the archive's Barnard's star System Overview page for the data. The new planet has also been added to the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

News panel image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

October 4, 2024

A Six-tacular Update!

Six is our lucky number this week, with six new planets and new spectra for six planets. The new spectra show evidence of sulfur in the atmospheres of two of the planets, which can help provide information about the formation location and evolutionary history of the planets.

Check out the System Overview pages for L 98-59 d and GJ 3470 b, as well as the University of Wisconsin news release for GJ 3470 b. The other planets with new spectra that have been added to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table are GJ 486 b, TOI-836 c, WASP-39 b, and L 98-59 c.

Five of this week's new spectra were taken by JWST for planets that are either sub-Neptunes or super-Earths, which establish a new sample of spectra for small planets that can be used to help researchers find planets that are likely to have atmospheres and are potentially habitable.

New Planets and Parameters

The six planets added this week are HD 222237 b, HIP 67522 c, TOI-2714 b, TOI-2981 b, TOI-4562 c, and TOI-4914 b. There are also new parameters for GJ 486 b, HIP 116454 (K2-2 b), and WASP-39 b. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

News panel image credit: Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison

September 19, 2024

Improved Pre-generated Plots

Our pre-generated plots now offer the same look, feel, and interactivity as the upgraded scatter plots and histograms served through the Planetary Systems tables!

The archive offers these ready-made plots to the community for use in presentations, reports, and other displays. The static plots—those displayed on the Exoplanet Plots web page—are updated whenever the archive's holdings are updated. The plots are already rendered in our new built-in Presentation theme, so just click, copy, and paste the image directly into your slides.

Other enhancements in today's release include:

• They're interactive! From the Exoplanet Plots page, click the Interactive Plot link under the plot you want to explore to access more tools, including pan, zoom, adding errorbars, and adjusting symbol sizes and colors.
• They link to more data! Mouse over a data point for at-a-glance information about that object, or click on it to view its System Overview page.
• Includes solar system planets! Some plots, such as Planet Mass/Mass*sin(i) vs. Orbital Period and Planet Radius vs. Planet Mass, now include solar system planets.
• New color palettes and themes! Choose from six color palettes and four themes, including a Dark theme.

To access the Exoplanet Plots page, click on Tools in our site navigation menu and select Pre-generated Plots, or click the Plots button in the news slider of our home page.

Four Planets Added, One Demoted

This week's new data include four planets: HD 21520 b, TOI-2379 b, TOI-2384 b, and TOI-3568 b. There are also new parameter data for 28 planets. Check the planet's respective System Overview page or browse the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

The demoted planet, BD-00 4475 b, is now dispositioned as a False Positive Planet because its mass exceeds 30 Jupiter masses according to new published data. The object's new status is reflected on the BD-00 4475 System Overview page, which will continue to serve its data. The Exoplanet Criteria for Inclusion in the Archive page explains how the archive determines which objects to include in its holdings.

September 6, 2024

Ten New Planets, New Spectra for Two Planets

This week's 10 new planets are TOI-286 b & c, OGLE-2017-BLG-0448L b, TIC 4672985 b, TOI-2529 b, K2-419 A b, TOI-6034 b, TOI-5616 b, TOI-5634 A b, and TOI-5218 b. We've also added new data for 11 planets already in the archive. Check the planet's respective System Overview page or browse the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

For Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table updates, there is a new JWST spectrum for WASP-69 b (that shows water, CO₂, and aerosols!) and another for the rocky planet GJ 1132 b, which rules out a thick atmosphere on the planet.

Also, we've updated the disposition of K2-399 b to False Positive Planet based on a published refutation. The object and its data remain on the K2-399 System Overview page and the K2 Planets and Candidates Table, but they're no longer included in the Planetary Systems tables.

News panel image credit: Ricardo Ramirez, Nature

August 21, 2024

Atmospheric Spectroscopy 2.0: Now With Direct Imaging Spectra!

Our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table now serves spectra for directly imaged (DI) planets! To kick off this latest update, we've loaded the table with 37 spectra for 12 DI planets, with most of the spectra taken by JWST. These planets are 2MASS J12073346-3932539 b (a.k.a. TWA 27 b), VHS J125601.92-125723.9 b, 51 Eri b, GQ Lup b, HIP 65426 b, HR 8799 b, c, d, & e, PDS 70 b & c, and bet Pic b. There are also new transmission spectra for TOI-836 b, V1298 Tau b, and WASP-107 b.

Some other improvements include:

• The table's user interface now reflects recent changes to the Firefly framework, upon which the service is built.
• The new DI spectra support has added more data columns and support for converting direct imaging values. Click the User Guide tab in the table's interface to view the updated documentation.
• The spectrum type previously called emission is now referred to as eclipse.
• The Planetary Systems tables have a new column for the Number of Direct Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements: pl_ndispec

These elements—and more—are listed and described on our Archive 2.0 Release Notes page. Or, just start working with the table now!

One final note: Is the table missing your favorite direct imaging spectrum? Let us know and we'll add it!

Four New Planets

We've also added four planets! Check out the data for HD 118203 c, TOI-4379 b, TOI-6029 b, and TOI-6255 b on their System Overview pages and in the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

August 8, 2024

Four New Planets and New Planet Data, Including JWST Results!

This week's update features four new planets and spectra, including the JWST direct detection of Epsilon Indi A b—the coldest and oldest exoplanet ever imaged. Learn more in this media release by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.

The new planets are Gaia22dkvL b, GJ 238 b, TOI-1408 c, and TOI-757 b. The systems with new planetary parameters (in addition to eps Ind A b) are TOI-421 b & c, TOI-837 b, TOI-1685 b, TOI-1338 b & c, and TOI-1173 A b. Click on a planet name to go directly to its System Overview page, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

Also, new spectra for HAT-P-18 b, HD 189733 b, KELT-9 b, LHS 1140 b, and WASP-80 b have been added to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table. (Quick reminder: You can access the table from the planet's Planetary Parameters section of its System Overview page!)

Lastly, we've updated the disposition of HD 85512 b and HD 114613 b to False Positive based on a published refutation. Their new status is reflected on their respective System Overview pages, which will continue to serve their data.

News panel image credit: T. Müller (MPIA/HdA), E. Matthews (MPIA)

July 25, 2024

Dozens of Planets from the TESS-Keck Survey

We've added 52 new planets this week, 39 of them from the TESS-Keck Survey Catalog, which catalogs exoplanets by size and categorizes them in groups according to the radius of planets in our solar system. The catalog has also contributed new parameter sets for 77 planets that are already in the archive.

The TESS-Keck Survey Catalog is the product of three years of work by a global team of astronomers who comprise the TESS-Keck Survey research consortium. Learn more in the media release and published paper.

This week's new planets are TIC 241249530 b, TIC 46432937 b, TOI-260 b, TOI-329 b, TOI-480 b, TOI-1173 b, TOI-1174 b, TOI-1180 b, TOI-1184 b, TOI-1244 b, TOI-1248 b, TOI-1249 b, TOI-1269 b, TOI-1279 b, TOI-1294 b & c, TOI-1410 c, TOI-1437 b, TOI-1439 b, TOI-1443 b, TOI-1451 b, TOI-1472 b, TOI-1669 c, TOI-1691 b, TOI-1723 b, TOI-1742 b, TOI-1753 b, TOI-1758 b, TOI-1775 b, TOI-1776 b, TOI-1794 b, TOI-1799 b, TOI-1823 b, TOI-1824 b, TOI-1836 b & c, TOI-1855 b, TOI-1898 b, TOI-2019 b, TOI-2088 b, TOI-2107 b, TOI-2128 b, TOI-2368 b, TOI-3261 b, TOI-3321 b, TOI-3894 b, TOI-3919 b, TOI-4153 b, TOI-5232 b, TOI-5301 b, and TOI-762 A b.

Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We have also added new spectra for LHS 1140 b & c to the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

News panel image credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

July 15, 2024

Thirteen Planets, Including One in the Goldilocks Zone

We've added 13 new planets, including the multi-planet system HD 48948 that hosts three potential super-Earths, one of which is in the Goldilocks zone. Learn more about the system in the media release and discovery paper.

The other new planets are HD 6061 b, HD 135694 b, HD 25463 b & c, HIP 8152 b & c, OGLE-2014-BLG-0221L b, TOI-669 b, and TOI-1224 b & c. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We've also updated the status of K2-256 b to False Positive Planet based on a published refutation. The object and its data remain on the K2-256 System Overview page and the K2 Planets and Candidates Table, but are no longer included in the Planetary Systems tables.

Spectra for 36 Planets

We've added new spectra for 36 planets, including a new transmission spectrum by JWST for HD 209458 b—the first exoplanet that had its atmosphere detected more than two decades ago. Browse, download, and plot all of the archive's spectra with our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

News panel image credit: Soumita Samanta

June 27, 2024

Eight New Planets, One New Spectrum

This week's update includes TOI-663 b, c, & d—a three-planet system of transiting sub-Neptunes—and TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b, two metal-rich sub-Saturns located in the Neptunian desert. All of these discoveries were found by NASA's TESS.

The other new planets are BD-14 3065 b, KMT-2023-BLG-1431L b, and TIC 365102760 b. You can find all of this week's new planetary data in the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We've also updated Kepler-488 b's status to False Positive Planet based on a published refutation. The object has been removed from the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Parameters tables, but its data remain on the Kepler-488 System Overview page, which reflects the object's new status.

We've also added a new WASP-6 b spectrum taken with the Magellan Walter Baade Telescope to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table, which now serves five spectra from three telescopes for WASP-6 b. Try our new overplotting feature to compare them on the same plot!

News panel image credit: NASA/Caltech-IPAC/T. Pyle

June 12, 2024

Data For 74 Planets!

We've added data for 33 new planets and additional parameter sets for 41 planets that are already in the archive. These data can be viewed by clicking on a system name to go directly to their System Overview page or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite tables.

Also, this pre-filtered and pre-sorted interactive table displays only the planets and updated parameters (default and non-default) that were added this week.

The new planets are HD 73344 b, HD 284149 AB b, KMT-2023-BLG-0469L b, KMT-2023-BLG-0735L b, MOA-2022-BLG-563L b, NGTS-26 b, NGTS-27 b, OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L b. TIC 393818343 b, TOI-128.01 (TOI-128 b), TOI-261.01 (TOI-261 b), TOI-406.01 (TOI-406 b), TOI-654.01 (TOI-645 b), TOI-782 b, TOI-880.02 (TOI-880 b), TOI-907.01 (TOI-907 b), TOI-1410.01 (TOI-1410 b), TOI-1448 b, TOI-1450 A b & c, TOI-1683.01 (TOI-1683 b), TOI-1798.02 (TOI-1798 b), TOI-1806.01 (TOI-1806 b), TOI-2120 b, TOI-2447 b, TOI-3353.01 (TOI-3353 b), TOI-4443.01 (TOI-443 b), TOI-4495.01 (TOI-4495 b), TOI-4527.01 (TOI-4527 b), TOI-4602.01 (TOI-4602 b), TOI-5076 b, TOI-5082.01 (TOI-5082 b), and TOI-5388.01 (TOI-5388 b).

The systems with new data this week are Kepler-23 b, c, & d, Kepler-24 b, c, & e, Kepler-26 b & c, Kepler-28 b & c, Kepler-49 b & c, Kepler-52 b & c, Kepler-54 b & c, Kepler-57 b & c, Kepler-58 b & c, Kepler-60 b, c, & d, Kepler-85 b & c, Kepler-128 b & c, Kepler-176 c & d, Kepler-305 b, c, & d, Kepler-345 b & c, L 98-59 b, c, d, & e, TOI-776 b & c, and TOI-2406 b.

May 31, 2024

Seven Planets and Three Spectra

This week's new planets are GJ 900 b, TOI-2015 b, TOI-5720 b, TOI-6008 b, TOI-6086 b, UCAC3 113-933 b, and UCAC4 328-061594 b. You can find their data on their System Overview pages and in the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

We've also added three new spectra of KELT-7 b from HST and TESS to the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

News panel image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

May 23, 2024

Two New Earth-sized Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs!

Two exciting new exoplanets announced in the past week are now in the archive: Gliese 12 b and SPECULOOS-3 b. Both are nearby Earth-sized worlds that are prime candidates for JWST follow-up studies.

At 40 light-years away, Gliese 12 b (or Gl 12 b) is described as the nearest, transiting, temperate, Earth-sized world located to date. This discovery appears in two papers: Kuzuhara et al. 2024 and Dholakia et al. 2024; also, check out NASA's media release about the system, including some visualizations.

SPECULOOS-3 b is a tidally locked exoplanet about 55 light-years from Earth that was found by the Search for Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars (SPECULOOS) project, which uses an array of robotic telescopes around the world to observe the skies. Learn more about the exoplanet and the team that found it in this NASA Discovery Alert; the discovery paper was published in Nature.

Both planets have been added to the archive's Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite tables.

News panel image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

May 16, 2024

Four New Planets and JWST Spectra for Two Planets

We've added four new planets that bring our total confirmed planet count to 5,630. Check out the System Overview pages for TOI-815 b & c, TOI-4633 c, and 2MASS J0249-0557 c. There are also new data for KELT-7 b and WASP-47 b, c, d, & e. All of this week's new data have been added to the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite tables.

We've also added new JWST spectra to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table for two planets: hot Jupiter WASP-43 b and magma-covered super-Earth 55 Cnc e (the same planet featured in JPL's Exoplanet Travel Bureau poster series). Read 55 Cnc e's NASA media release and the published paper; WASP-43 b also has a NASA media release and published paper.

News panel image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

May 10, 2024

Ten Planets and 300,000 Exozodiacal Dust Levels

We've added 10 new planets this week, as well as new parameter sets for an additional 18 planets. One of this week's new planets (TOI-4336 A b) is a sub-Neptune in its host star's habitable zone, and its host star is part of a triple star system.

The other new planets are EPIC 248030407 b (ITG 15 b), G 196-3 b, HIP 77900 b, TIC 139270665 b & c, 2MASS J03590986+2009361 b, 2MASS J11011926-7732383 b, 2MASS J11550336-7919147 b, and 2MASS J21265040-8140293 b. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite tables.

We've also added spectral data for TOI-1268 b to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

Planetary Systems Table Update! We've added new, non-default parameters to the Planetary Systems Composite Data Table for measuring the angular separation on the sky between a star and planet: pl_angsep, pl_angseperr1 (positive uncertainty), pl_angseperr2 (negative uncertainty), pl_angseplim (limit), and pl_angsep_reflink (reference).

Because these parameters are not defaults, they must be added to the table through the Select Columns interface. The following image indicates where to find the parameters; to add them, check the box(es) to display that column in the PSCompPars table and then click Update.

New Contributed Data: Exozodiacal Dust Measurements

The Hunt for Observable Signatures of Terrestrial planetary Systems (HOSTS) survey for exozodiacal dust concluded that the majority of Sun-like stars have relatively low habitable zone dust levels. The archive now hosts a subset of data from Ertel et al. (2020): a random draw of 300,000 exozodiacal dust levels from the best-fit luminosity function of HOSTS survey data. These data can be used to model the results of potential future missions, such as the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).

Scroll to the Exozodiacal Dust section of our Contributed Data page to access the data and documentation.

(While we're on the topic of HWO, have you checked out our HWO ExEP Precursor Science Stars table?)

News panel image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

April 25, 2024

(They Might Be) Four Giant Planets!

This week's new data are parameters for three microlensing planets and one directly imaged planet, all of them potentially giant planets.

The new planets are HIP 39017 b, KMT-2023-BLG-0416L b, KMT-2023-BLG-1454L b, and KMT-2023-BLG-1642L b. New parameter data sets have also been added for HD 106315 c, Kepler-1660 AB b, HD 76920 b, and LHS 475 b.

We also have new transmission spectra for HD 106315 c and HD 3167 c in the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

April 18, 2024

Nine Planets, Including Seven Potential Super-Earths

We've added nine planets this week, including seven TESS validations that could be super-Earths. Data for TOI-771 b, TOI-871 b, TOI-1467 b, TOI-1739 b, TOI-2068 b, TOI-4559 b, TOI-5799 b, NGTS-30 b, and KOI-2513 b may be accessed from their System Overview pages and the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

There are also new spectra for HATS-2 b in the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

We've also updated the status of KOI-129 b, KOI-219 b, KOI-631 b, KOI-855 b, KOI-1288 b, and KIC 5951458 b to False Positive Planet based on updated masses that are greater than 30 Jupiter masses, which exceeds the archive's stated threshold in our Exoplanet Criteria. Their new dispositions are reflected on their respective System Overview pages, which will continue to serve their data.

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April 12, 2024

Seven New Planets, Including a Pulsar Companion

This week's seven new planets include M62H b, a pulsar companion in the Messier 62 globular cluster found by the South African MeerKAT radio telescope.

The other planets are HD 104067 c, Luhman 16 b, KMT-2021-BLG-1150L b, OGLE-2017-BLG-0640L b, OGLE-2017-BLG-1275L b, and OGLE-2017-BLG-1237L b. Access their data from the System Overview pages and the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables. There are also new parameter sets for gam Cep b, HATS-2 b, and TOI-1136 b, c, d, e, f, & g.

Also, new transmission spectra for 31 planets were added to the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

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March 29, 2024

New This Week: Four Planets and 68 Spectra

We've added NGC 2682 Sand 1429 (a.k.a. S1429 b), CI Tau c (which swaps places with CI Tau b, which has been downgraded to a False Positive Planet), HD 77946 b, and TOI-4438 b to the archive this week. Access their data from the System Overview pages and the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables. There are also new parameter sets for eight planets that are already in the archive.

New spectra include two taken by JWST's MIRI instrument of transiting exoplanet L 168-9 b, and 66 spectra obtained with NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. Browse, visualize, and download the data with our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

 

Pro Tip: To pre-filter the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table for the spectra of a specific planet, go to the planet's System Overview page and click on the table link.

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March 14, 2024

Four Planets and New JWST Spectra Added

This week's release has four new planets that bring our official confirmed planet count to 5,599. The new planets are HS Psc b, LHS 1678 d, TOI-1994 b, and TOI-4515 b. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite tables. There are also new planet parameter sets for GJ 9827 b, c, & d and TOI-4201 b.

We've also added new spectra from JWST for LTT 9779 b and WASP-77 A b to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

March 7, 2024

Eight Planets, Including Teegarden Star's Third, and Spectra for 16 Planets

This week's update adds another Earth-sized planet to the nearby Teegarden's Star system located ~12 light years from our own solar system.

The new planets are Teegarden's Star d, TOI-904 b & c, TOI-1135 b, TOI-1199 b, TOI-1273 b, and TOI-1347 b & c. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

Atmospheric Spectra for 16 Planets

We've also added new transmission and emission spectra to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table for the following planets:
CoRoT-1 b, HAT-P-12 b, HAT-P-18 b, HAT-P-57 b, Qatar-1 b, TrES-4 b, WASP-2 b, WASP-10 b, WASP-25 b, WASP-32 b, WASP-36 b, WASP-39 b, WASP-49 b, WASP-121 b, WASP-124 b, and WASP-156 b.

February 29, 2024

Know Thy Star: Introducing the New Stellar Hosts Table

Our newest interactive table, Stellar Hosts, provides a single access point to all stellar parameters of stars in systems with confirmed planets that are in the Exoplanet Archive. With this interface, you may browse stellar parameters of planetary systems that are in our Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables, as well as stellar parameters that were previously only available on some System Overview pages (for example, the alf Cen page).

The Planetary Systems tables contain stellar parameters that correspond to planetary solutions, or planetary parameters published together as a set. But, many host stars, and their stellar companions, have stellar parameters determined separately from planetary solutions. Previously, these stellar solutions have only been available on the System Overview pages, so the new Stellar Hosts Table provides a consolidated view to these data. Note that the table does not yet include stellar parameters for stars hosting planetary candidates.

Stellar Hosts is similar to our other web-based, interactive tables, and includes our newest plotting feature for instant histogram and scatter plots (see our Jan. 18, 2024 news item for details). It's also supported by our Table Access Protocol (TAP) service. To set up a new query, consult our TAP User Guide and the table's data column definitions.

Once you've had a chance to try out the new table, let us know what you think!

February 23, 2024

Exoplanet Data by the Numbers

This week's release has some impressive numbers, specifically:

1. 14: New planets!
2. 449: Planets with updated ephemerides from ExoClock III!
3. 165: New parameter sets for confirmed planets!
4. 1: New JWST transmission spectrum for WASP-96 b!

The new planets are HD 134606 b, c, d, e, & f, TOI-238 b & c, TOI-1386 b & c, TOI-1751 b, Kepler-48 f, Kepler-100 e, and Kepler-139 d & e. Click on their names to go directly to their System Overview pages, or browse all system parameters in the archive (including this week's new sets) with the Planetary Systems and Planetary Systems Composite Data tables.

The new ephemerides, consisting of orbital periods and mid-transit times, have been integrated into our Planetary Systems tables, System Overview pages, and the Transit and Ephemeris Service.

To view and work with the new WASP-96 b spectrum, check out the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table.

February 8, 2024

Two New Planets and Multi-spectra Plotting

We've updated the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table to enable users to overplot multiple spectra. Users may now plot spectra of the same planet taken with multiple instruments at the same time, or compare spectra of different planets to identify key similarities or differences. Try it out and let us know what you think!

We've also added two new planets, both of which are TOI confirmations of super-Earths around M dwarf stars: Wolf-327 b and TOI-2266 b. The new planet parameters can be accessed from their System Overview pages, the Planetary Systems Table, and the Planetary Systems Composite Data Table.

Finally, we have added a new parameter set for HIP 75056 A b, which sets its mass to > 30 M_J and above our mass cut-off. HIP 75056 A b parameters can still be seen in its System Overview page, but it no longer appears in the Planetary Systems tables and now has a status of False Positive Planet.

January 25, 2024

Three New Planets and New Spectra for 12 Planets

This week, we've added spectra for 12 planets to the Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table, including new spectra taken by JWST for super-Earths GJ 367 b and GJ 1132 b. Both JWST spectra rule out the probability of the super-Earths having large, hydrogen-dominated atmospheres. The other new spectra are for the planets HAT-P-19 b, HAT-P-51 b, HAT-P-55 b, HAT-P-65 b, HAT-P-26 b, HAT-P-12 b, HD 209458 b, WASP-6 b, WASP-17 b, and WASP-39 b.

We have also added three new microlensing planets, KMT-2018-BLG-0885 b, KMT-2019-BLG-0297 b, and KMT-2019-BLG-0335 b. Access the new data in the system overview pages, the Planetary Systems Table, or the Planetary Systems Composite Data Table. Additional microlensing-specific parameters are also available in the Microlensing Planets Table.

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January 18, 2024

Quicker and Easier Exoplanet Data Plots

We've made it even easier to make scatter plots and histograms with Planetary Systems data, with a new built-in and interactive feature that generates plots ready for publication, presentation, and data exploration.

To access the feature:

1. Go to the Planetary Systems (PS) or Planetary Systems Composite Data (PSCompPars) table.
2. Filter the table to display only the data you want to plot. (If needed, consult the Interactive Table User Guide's Sorting and Filtering Data section.)
3. Click the Plot Table button and then select Histogram Plot or Scatter Plot from the drop-down list. The plot will open in a new browser tab.

For more information, see the ExoPlots User Guide.

This new feature is currently in Beta release, so there may be brief performance issues while we work on improvements and additional features. Please let us know how it works for you (or doesn't) and if you encounter any issues through our Helpdesk.

More TAP-supported Tables

As part of our continued adoption of the IVOA's Table Access Protocol (TAP) standard, we've migrated the following Kepler and K2 data sets from the archive's old API service to the newer TAP service:

• K2 Targets: k2targets
• Kepler Stellar, including distinct access for the following deliveries: keplerstellar, q1_q12_ks, q1_q16_ks, q1_q17_dr24_ks, q1_q17_dr25_ks, q1_q17_dr25_sup_ks
• Kepler Time Series: keplertimeseries
• Kepler Threshhold-Crossing Events, including distinct access for the following deliveries: q1_q12_tce, q1_q16_tce, q1_q17_dr24_tce, q1_q17_dr25_tce
• Kepler Objects-of-Interest (KOI), including distinct access for the following deliveries: cumulative, q1_q6_koi, q1_q8_koi, q1_q12_koi, q1_q16_koi, q1_q17_dr24_koi, q1_q17_dr25_koi, q1_q17_dr25_sup_koi

The old API support for these tables will be discontinued in the near future, so please convert any existing API queries to TAP queries, and use TAP for all new queries (see documentation here).

January 10, 2024

Ringing in the New Year With Three Planets

Our first release for 2024 features HD 63433 d—the closest, young, Earth-sized planet discovered to date! According to the discovery paper, this planet is located ~22 parsecs from Earth and is the smallest confirmed planet with an age less than 500 Myr. Check out the archive's HD 63433 System Overview page and read the NASA media release for details.

Two additional planets added this week are OGLE-2019-BLG-1180L b and KMT-2021-BLG-1770L b. The planets have been added to the Planetary Systems Table and its companion table the Planetary Systems Composite Data Table, where you can view, filter, sort, and download data. Their data are also available in our Microlensing Planets table.

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