In a new study due to be published on Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A), postdoctoral researcher Pedro Figueira and his team successfully identified three massive planets orbiting two low-luminosity red giant stars, expanding our understanding of planetary systems around massive stellar hosts. The discoveries were made using 15 to 18 years of high-precision data collected by the CORALIE spectrograph as part of the CASCADES long-term observing campaign.
Dr Rafael Luque, in collaboration with two teams of international researchers, has secured a total of 500 hours of observation time on two of the telescopes most in demand within the scientific community: the JWST and the VLT. This milestone will enable progress in the study of sub-Neptune-type planets and in the work of the THIRSTEE project.
On 15 February, Dr Rafael Luque, principal investigator of THIRSTEE, took part in the Max Planck Society workshop held at Rinberg Castle, where he introduced the members of the international team he leads.
