Marten van Kerkwijk archive

U of T astronomers part of team that confirm new solar system - Jun 30, 2010 - 11:28 am

Extreme distance between planet and star

Infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope showing stars in the Milky Way.  Source: NASA

Canadian scientists have found more evidence that a massive planet — eight times the size of Jupiter — is in fact part of another solar system. In an article in an upcoming edition of the Astrophysical Journal, Lafrenière and University of Toronto astronomers Ray Jayawardhana and Marten van Kerkwijk say they have confirmed that, in [...]

Is that a planet circling 1RXS J160929.1-210524? - Sep 22, 2008 - 9:44 am

The world pays attention when U of T makes a discovery

Ray Jayawardhana. Photo: Joe Toreno

When it comes to firing the human imagination, space surely provides the biggest bang with its impossible black vastness, its untouchable sparkly bits, its unknown goings-on. continue