Kyle Franson

2 articles · 28 co-authors · latest: 2026-08-30
564 citations · h-index 14 · 42 papersData: Semantic Scholar

We have retold 2 papers by this author. 1 of them with a full read. most often about: exoplanet, exoplanet atmosphere, JWST. 28 co-authors across our retellings.

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Exoplanets2026-04-251 minarXiv:2604.23448express
Giant Planet or Twin World?
Astronomers pointed JWST at a planet near the star Epsilon Indi — a giant gas ball resembling Jupiter, just 12 light-years away. In thermal images, the planet shone like a lantern. But nearby they noticed a faint dot — like a firefly. Calculations showed that two objects describe the picture better than one. However, it's most likely a lens flare — like a ghost of a lamp.
Gamma Cephei: How 45 Years of Observations Rewrote the Family Portrait of a Binary Star
The family album of this stellar pair has been filling up for 45 years, but the pictures were blurry and the captions contradictory. Now astronomers have pulled out the old photographs, taken new sharp shots, and put everyone back in their proper places. Gamma Cephei is a bright star visible to the naked eye, and it has an invisible companion that orbits it every 70 years.