Mid-to-late M Dwarfs Lack Jupiter Analogs / The Occurrence Rate of Terrestrial Planets Orbiting Nearby Mid-to-late #MDwarfs from TESS Sectors 1–42: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acd349 / https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acd175 -> Jupiter-sized planets are very rare around the least massive stars: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jupiter-planets-rare-red-dwarf-stars - fewer than 2 percent of all lightweight red dwarfs have a planet as massive as Jupiter.

Mid-to-Late #MDwarfs Lack Jupiter Analogs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19357 -> The dearth of #Jupiters suggests that potentially habitable, Earth-like #planets might not readily emerge around red dwarf stars: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/case-missing-jupiters-gas-giant-planets-are-no-show-around-small-red-stars

The Orbital Eccentricity Distribution of Planets Orbiting #MDwarfs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17157 -> One-third of galaxy’s most common #planets could be in #HabitableZone: https://news.ufl.edu/2023/05/exoplanet-habitability-/

OK, finally set up and ready for my #Introduction to #ScienceMastodon #Astrodon #TwitterMigration.
I work at the boundary of #stellar and #planetary #astrophysics, emphasizing #Mdwarfs #youngstars and #youngplanets. In particular, I want to learn how #planetarysystems #evolve from formation to maturity, including what early conditions give rise to systems like ours. I lead two surveys searching for young #transiting planets.

I'm also a dad to one infant and one orange cat.