The SPECULOOS (Search for Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) project searches for potentially habitable exoplanets around the smallest and coolest stars of the solar neighborhood.
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A publication in Nature Astronomy
Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3
The SPECULOOS project, led by the University of Liège, has revealed the existence of an Earth-sized planet around SPECULOOS-3, a nearby star similar in size to Jupiter and twice as cold as our Sun.
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A publication in Nature Astronomy
WASP-193b, a giant planet with a density similar to that of cotton candy
Co-discovered by researchers from the University of Liège, this exoplanet is larger but seven times less massive than Jupiter and is the second least dense planet discovered to date.
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A publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
TOI-4860b discovery provides new insight into planet formation
With the help of the SPECULOOS telescopes in Chile, the Canary Islands and Morocco, researchers have set their sights on an unusual exoplanet the size of Jupiter.
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SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes in search of telluric exoplanets
The telescopes of the SPECULOOS project are located in Chile, Tenerife, and Mexico. Its main facility is the SPECULOOS-South Observatory hosted by the Cerro Paranal European Southern Observatory (ESO), in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
