Dr. Jessie Christiansen

aussiastronomer.bsky.social

29 September 2026 19:25

If you* overlay the old Chen & Kipping (2017) planet mass-radius relationship with the new Dransfield et al. (2026) relationship, you can really see the impact of removing the inflated planets! *ChatGPT.

DrEddful

eddedmondson.eurosky.social

29 July 2026 13:13

Another excellent thread on all this.

Tad Komacek

tadkomacek.bsky.social

29 July 2026 12:51

Fully agreed with this thread, thanks @airbornegrain.bsky.social for writing it.

Brett Morris

brettmorr.is

23 July 2026 08:06

I think calling it an planet at this stage might be jumping the gun. It could also be an orbital data center.

Bruce Macintosh

bmacastro.bsky.social

23 July 2026 08:05

I have issues with the BD/exoplanet definition (maybe for another thread.) But by any reasonable definition, this awesome result is a detection of an exoplanet.